A former compliance executive with JPMorgan Chase alleges she was fired after pointing out flaws in the bank’s compliance program and misrepresentations the bank made to regulators regarding a 2016 settlement of bribery allegations in the Asia Pacific region.
Shaquala Williams, an attorney from New Jersey with more than a decade of experience in compliance, filed a lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging she was fired after bringing her concerns to her supervisors at JPMorgan. Her lawsuit was filed under the whistleblower protections provided by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). She filed a separate claim with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in April 2020, also alleging JPMorgan violated SOX’s whistleblower protection provisions.
