The sixth section of the Maputo City Judicial Court today handed down sentences to 11 defendants whose involvement in the Hidden Debts scandal was proven through the commission of various crimes that culminated in the embezzlement of more than 2.2 billion US dollars. According to the judge in the case, Efigénio Baptista, the maximum sentences for the defendants are 12 years in prison. 

The defendant António Carlos do Rosário was sentenced to seven years in prison for the crimes of association to commit crime; 11 years for embezzlement; 11 years for money laundering. He was therefore sentenced to a cumulative/single maximum sentence of 12 years.

The defendant Gregório Leão José was sentenced to seven years in prison for the crime of association to commit crime; 11 years for the crime of embezzlement; 11 years for money laundering. He was therefore sentenced to a cumulative/single maximum sentence of 12 years.

The defendant Ângela Dinis Buque Leão was sentenced to seven years in prison for the crime of association to commit crime; 10 years in prison for the crime of embezzlement; 11 years for money laundering. She was therefore sentenced to a cumulative/single sentence of 11 years in prison.

The defendant Fabião Salvador Mabunda was sentenced to one year in prison converted into a fine for two counts of using false documents; 11 years for money laundering. He was therefore sentenced to 11 years in prison and a fine of 64,800 meticais.

The defendant Ndambi Armando Guebuza was sentenced to seven years in prison for the crime of association to commit crime; to one year and a corresponding fine for the crime of blackmail and influence peddling; to one year and a fine of 129,600 meticais for qfour crimes of using false documents; 11 years for embezzlement; 11 years for money laundering; He was therefore sentenced to a cumulative/single sentence of 12 years in prison and a fine of 162,000 meticais.

The defendant Teófilo Francisco Pedro Nhangumele was sentenced to seven years for the crime of association to commit crime; one year and a corresponding fine for blackmail and influence peddling; one year for forgery of other writings and a corresponding fine; 11 years for embezzlement; and 11 years for money laundering. He was therefore sentenced to a cumulative/single sentence of 12 years in prison and a fine of 162,000 meticais.

The defendant Bruno Evans Tandane Langa was sentenced to seven years in prison for the crime of association to commit crime/criminal association; one year and a corresponding fine for the crime of blackmail and influence peddling; one year converted into a fine for four crimes of using false documents; 11 years for embezzlement and misappropriation of funds; 11 years for money laundering; and six months and a corresponding fine for possession of a prohibited weapon. He was therefore sentenced to a maximum of 12 years in prison and a fine of 250,000 meticais.

The defendant Cipriano Cisinho Mutota was sentenced to seven years in prison for the crime of association to commit crime; one year and a corresponding fine for falsifying other writings; and 11 years for money laundering. He was therefore sentenced to 10 years in prison and a fine of 32,400 meticais.

The defendant Maria Inês Moiane Dove was sentenced to six months and a corresponding fine for the crime of passive corruption; one year and a corresponding fine for falsifying other writings; and for money laundering. She was therefore sentenced to 11 years and a fine of 35,100 meticais.

The defendant Sérgio Alberto Namburete was sentenced to one and a corresponding fine for falsifying other writings; to 11 years for money laundering. Thus, she was sentenced to a cumulative/single sentence of 11 years in prison and 32,400 meticais in fines.

The defendant Manuel Matusse was sentenced to one month in prison and a corresponding fine for the crime of passive corruption for a lawful act; to one year and a corresponding fine for blackmail and influence peddling; to 11 years for embezzlement; and to 11 years for money laundering. He was therefore sentenced to a maximum of 12 years in prison and a fine of 35,100 meticais.

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