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Panama investigates Puerto Rican bank and founder for alleged fraud

A complaint filed by Atlas Bank with the financial regulators of the Central American country implicates Tomás Niembro Concha, a Venezuelan banker, and the international banking entity operating on the Caribbean island in a web of alleged fraudulent transactions

June 21, 2024 - 9:33 AM

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Venezuelan banker Tomás Niembro Concha, who is in a dispute with the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions (OCIF) of Puerto Rico over the supervision of the international banking entity Nodus Bank, is the subject of an investigation for alleged bank fraud in Panama. In the photo, a view of the Panama Canal. (Matias Delacroix)

By Efraín Montalbán Ríos

Periodista de Negociosefrain.montalban@gfrmedia.com

While thousands of foreign depositors have been unable to recover their funds from Nodus International Bank, banker Tomás Niembro Concha, the main shareholder of this International Banking Entity (EBI) in Puerto Rico, is facing a complaint filed with the Panamanian Criminal Indictment System. He is allegedly involved in a money laundering scheme to defraud Atlas Bank in Panama.