Ramón Fonseca Mora

Ramón Fonseca Mora (14 July 1952 – 8 May 2024) was a Panamanian novelist and lawyer. He was the co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, a former law firm based in Panama with more than 40 offices worldwide.

Ramón Fonseca Mora
Born	(1952-07-14)14 July 1952 Panama City, Panama
Died	8 May 2024(2024-05-08) (aged 71) Panama City, Panama
Cause of death	Pneumonia
Nationality	Panamanian
Alma mater	University of Panama London School of Economics
Occupation(s)	novelist and lawyer
Known for	co-founder of Mossack Fonseca
Website	www.fonsecamora.com/

Career

He was minister-counselor of Juan Carlos Varela, and president of the Panameñista Party until he was fired in March 2016, due to the Brazilian Operation Car Wash.^[1]

In 2016, the law firm he owned was raided by police on due to money-laundering, bribery and corruption.^[2] Fonseca and his partner Jürgen Mossack were arrested and jailed in February 2017.^[3]

The Moccasck and his firm became globally known in 2016 when it found itself at the centre of the so-called Panama Papers affair, It uncovered the activities of the offshore finance industry. Mossack Fonseca set up more than 214,000 shell companies around the world, some of which were found to have been used for illegal purposes, including fraud and tax evasion.^[4]

Antonio Banderas played him in a Netflix movie about the Panama Papers titled The Laundromat (2019).

On October 20, 2020, prosecutors in Cologne, Germany, issued international arrest warrants for Fonseca and his German-born legal associate, Jürgen Mossack. Charges against them include complicity in tax evasion and forming a criminal organization, with the company seen as a central part of the investigation.^[5]

Death

Mora died on 8 May 2024 from pneumonia at a hospital in Panama City, Panama at the age of 71.^[6]