Niembro was sentenced to 112 months. Forfeiture is the judgment, not a new count.

A sentence after a guilty plea is the judgment on the counts he admitted. Forfeiture is the money order in that judgment, not a new count. On Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, Tomás Niembro Concha, 64, a Spanish and Venezuelan national and former chief executive of Nodus International Bank, was sentenced to 112 months in prison and three years of supervised release, and ordered to forfeit over $16.9 million. He pleaded guilty March 19 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

The Justice Department said Niembro fraudulently obtained at least $24.9 million from Nodus Bank, a Puerto Rican international bank, and that the bank failed and went into liquidation in 2023. The admitted scheme used sham investments and loans for the benefit of Niembro and Board Chairman Juan Ramirez, and promissory notes from Nodus Finance. Those facts are the wire-fraud conspiracy he admitted on March 19. They are not a new information filed on Monday. The forfeiture of over $16.9 million is what the government said represents proceeds of that conspiracy. It is part of the judgment. It is not a third count.

The second count is the sanctions conspiracy. He conspired on prohibited transactions with an OFAC specially designated national tied to Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, including a Southampton, New York property scheme. That is the IEEPA conspiracy in the March 19 plea. It is not a new accusation entered at sentencing. Three years of supervised release follows the 112 months. Supervised release is part of the sentence. It is not a second case.