The case is Taft v. Agricultural Bank of China Ltd, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 15-05321. US District Judge Paul Smith has revived a whistleblower case brought by former Agricultural Bank of China chief compliance officer , Natasha Taft who is claiming $ 8 m for damages . Taft claimed the Chinese bank drove her to quit last June , after just 10 months on the job , by acting on the basis of her whistleblowing and her gender , including complaints by senior colleagues about her physical appearance ; Taft had sued Agbank for a possible violation of the Bank Ethics Act .
US District Judge Paul Smith has revived a whistleblower case brought by former Agricultural Bank of China chief compliance officer , Natasha Taft who is claiming $ 8 m for damages . Taft claimed the Chinese bank drove her to quit last June , after just 10 months on the job , by acting on the basis of her whistleblowing and her gender , including complaints by senior colleagues about her physical appearance ; Taft had sued Agbank for a possible violation of the Bank Ethics Act .