AgBank District Judge Glenn Kurtz has revived a whistleblower case brought by former Agricultural Bank of China chief compliance officer, Natasha Taft who is claiming $8m for discrimination. She said she had been the only non-Chinese female manager in AgBank’s New York office. Agricultural Bank of China claimed the Chinese bank drove her to quit just 10 months , after last June on the job, by discriminating on the basis of her whistleblowing and her gender, including comments by senior colleagues about her physical appearance; Taft had reported Agbank for a possible violation of the Bank Secrecy Act.
AgBank District Judge Glenn Kurtz has revived a whistleblower case brought by former Agricultural Bank of China chief compliance officer, Natasha Taft who is claiming $8m for discrimination. Agricultural Bank of China claimed the Chinese bank drove her to quit just 10 months , after last June on the job, by discriminating on the basis of her whistleblowing and her gender, including comments by senior colleagues about her physical appearance; Taft had reported Agbank for a possible violation of the Bank Secrecy Act.