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Ex-Administration Chief of Mexico State Administrative Court Arrested Over 32.48 Million-Peso Transfers

Prosecutors are pursuing an abuse-of-trust case tied to token-authorized transfers from the tribunal’s Scotiabank account.

Overview

  • State prosecutors in Edomex arrested Tomás “N” on November 11 under a judge’s warrant for his probable role in abusing the tribunal’s trust.
  • Investigators report that 29 electronic transfers on December 1, 2023 moved 32,482,330.09 pesos from TRIJAEM to multiple outside accounts using security tokens assigned to Tomás “N” and Omar “N”.
  • Executives alerted TRIJAEM on December 4, 2023, and the bank returned the full amount between December 7 and 13, preventing a permanent loss of public funds.
  • Omar “N,” the former head of financial services, was detained in August and remains under criminal process in the same case for abuse of trust.
  • TRIJAEM says it is cooperating with the inquiry and withholding public comment to preserve due process, and authorities indicate additional participants may be identified.