Former Miami-based bank CEO agrees to forfeit over $16 million, pleads guilty in wire fraud case

MIAMI — Tomás Niembro, the former chief executive officer of Nodus International Bank, is awaiting sentencing in Miami for a fraud estimated at more than $24 million.

Niembro, 64, a Venezuelan who lived in Miami-Dade, pleaded guilty to federal charges and agreed to forfeit more than $16 million as part of a plea agreement on Thursday, according to prosecutors.

IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Ron Loecker, of the Florida field office, released a statement about the case on Friday…

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