Armando Pereira co-founded Altice with Patrick Drahé in 2022 Bastien Roux / Panoramic
painting – The Franco-Portuguese businessman, billionaire of very humble origins, is a suspect in a corruption case whose victim is the state and Altice Portugal.
One of the first fortunes of Portugal, which was held by the authorities for five days. It is difficult to imagine the bewilderment that has gripped the small business world of Lusitania in recent hours. Armando Pereira, one of the country’s leading economic figures and co-founder of the media and communications giant Altice, owned by Patrick Drahi, fell asleep in police custody this weekend. temporary placement, while he waits for the authorities to testify to the facts that implicate him in a vast scandal of corruption, tax evasion and money laundering.
Last weekend, during a major raid by the Portuguese authorities – 90 searches across the country – the 71-year-old businessman was arrested. He and just under a dozen employees and executives of Altice (especially in Portugal), or close to the company, could have enriched themselves through a system of kickbacks on fraudulent transactions including state such as Altice …
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