A former JPMorgan Chase & Co. executive has sued the bank, saying it fired her after she pointed out gaps in its anti-corruption controls, and raised concerns about misrepresentations made to regulators and conduct that violated terms of settlement that the firm reached with the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 2016.
Shaquala Williams joined JPMorgan’s global anti-corruption compliance team in New York in July 2018 and was fired in November 2019 for what the bank said were performance issues, according to her lawsuit’s complaint. Ms. Williams’s complaint argued that raising concerns about the bank’s compliance program was protected action under a law shielding whistleblowers from retaliation.
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