US District Judge Paul Engelmayer has revived a whistleblower case brought by former Agricultural Bank of China chief compliance officer, Natasha Taft who is claiming $8m for discrimination. The judge said the bank had failed to take action against Ms Taft, who was fired in 2012 after she complained about her treatment and alleged that she suffered from depression as a result.
US District Judge Paul Engelmayer has revived a whistleblower case brought by former Agricultural Bank of China chief compliance officer, Natasha Taft who is claiming $8m for discrimination. Taft claimed the Chinese bank drove her to quit last June, after just 10 months 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.