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Costa Rica Wiretaps Raise Questions Over Mexican Bank Takeover Bid

ID: dafc1963-482b-5fc4-92c2-8854dc215ac8

STIX ID: report--dafc1963-482b-5fc4-92c2-8854dc215ac8

Feed Name: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Date Published: 2025-07-17

Date Updated: 2026-03-26

Author: By Lilia Saúl (OCCRP), Fernando Gutiérrez (El Economista), Nathan Jaccard (OCCRP), Daniela Castro (OCCRP), and El Observador (Costa Rica)

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The report details the rise and complications of OMNi Bicis and its associated e-wallet managed by Apptitud ZF in Costa Rica, including Coopenae’s decision to end the partnership and public records of significant debts, alongside Moisés’s assertion that client funds were safeguarded by Coopenae. It then shifts to Moisés’s leadership role at Mexico’s Bankaool, outlining the bank’s ownership changes, financial struggles and S&P downgrade, a 2024 profit rebound, Grupo Omni’s pending majority acquisition subject to regulatory approval, and ambitions to list on the U.S. stock market by 2026.

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