Luanda/London — The $500m at the centre of alleged fraud involving the son of Angola’s former president was transferred out of a Standard Chartered account held by Angola’s central bank, the British bank said on Wednesday. The Angolan prosecutor general’s office said on Monday it had charged Jose Filomeno dos Santos, the former president’s son, and Valter Filipe da Silva, the former governor of the central bank, known as Banco Nacional de Angola, with fraud over the case. Britain’s National Crime Agency said last week $500m had been frozen in the UK as part of an investigation into a potential fraud against Angola’s central bank and could be returned to the country. "We are aware that our client, Banco Nacional de Angola, was the victim of an attempted fraud in Angola which involved the transfer of funds from their Standard Chartered Bank account," Standard Chartered said in a response to questions. The bank did not respond to a question on how the transaction appeared to have bypas...
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