Panama banker questioned for 9 hours in laundering probe

Prominent  Panama banker Juan Antonio Niño was questioned by anti-corruption prosecutors for nine hours on Thursday, October 8 as part of the investigation into the bribes paid by the Odebrecht company.

Niño attended the interrogation, seven months after his first summons to the investigative office  which  was rescheduled due to the pandemic, and after availing himself of his right not to testify against himself,

The prosecution is investigating Niño for alleged money laundering.

he banker had been granted a release bond of $800,000, and cannot leave the country without judicial authorization.

Niño is the brother-in-law of the wife of former deputy José Luis  Popi  Varela, brother of former president Juan Carlos Varela (2014-2019) nut originally said he had no ties ro the family. The former president is also accused in the Odebrecht case and cannot leave the country.