This time, the spotlight is on JPMorgan, the largest bank in the United States and one of those that control the planet, which has been embroiled in a scandal assault and racial harassment, as reported by The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
Chirayu Rana, a former employee of the institution, filed an internal complaint at JPMorgan in May 2025 where he accused his colleague Lorna Hajdini (37), a CEO, of drugging him and forcing him into repeated intimate encounters, as reported by the aforementioned newspaper. As required by protocol, the bank conducted an internal investigation reviewing phone records and emails and speaking with close colleagues, but found no irregularities.
After leaving the bank, Chirayu worked from October 20, 2025, to April 2, 2026, at the private equity firm Bregal Sagemount. During that time, he prepared a lawsuit under the standard pseudonym of John Doe. JPMorgan offered him a million dollars (equivalent to less than two years of the employee's salary at the firm) to reach a settlement and avoid litigation, but he rejected it. Last week, the lawsuit was dismissed due to a technicality.
As revealed by the New York Post, the plaintiff attempted to reach an agreement with the bank; his lawyers presented a counteroffer of 11.75 million dollars in April, before filing the harassment lawsuit.
After the plaintiff's identity was revealed, this past Monday the New York State Court accepted the amended lawsuit (which had initially been rejected due to a technicality) that Hajdini's lawyers, the defendant, have described as "false accusations" and "completely fabricated."
"We continue to believe that these accusations lack merit and that the new information that has emerged following the public filing of the complaint only reinforces that conclusion," stated a JPMorgan spokesperson.
According to the document accessed by several U.S. media outlets, "Mrs. Hajdini exploited her seniority over the plaintiff to harass and coerce him into engaging in non-consensual and humiliating acts with her, acts that he literally begged her not to force him to participate in through explicit threats to ruin his career if he did not comply."
As described in the lawsuit, which includes several anonymous witnesses, "Mrs. Hajdini sat on the couch and lit a cigarette; then she asked me to go to the bedroom with her and 'join them' (they wanted to have a threesome). I said no. She insisted: 'Come and join, come and join.' Again, I said no. And she replied: 'You know, I own (------), so you better join. I kept saying 'no.' Finally, Mrs. Hajdini got up from the couch, went back to the bedroom, and closed the door."
One of those witnesses claims to have heard Rana pleading with Hajdini to stop and leave the apartment. "I heard him say: 'No, no, no, you have to go. I'm not going to do this. Please, stop."
In other paragraphs of the lawsuit, and as per the plaintiff, it is specified that she drugged him with Rohypnol and Viagra to fulfill her desires. Some of the most uncomfortable moments occurred in the office itself. Also reported racist behavior (he is of Nepali origin) by several colleagues.
Several newspapers in the country have echoed the comments that the banker allegedly made to her colleague, such as "I am in charge of you and I will get what I need from you" and "if you don't comply, there will be problems."
Currently, there is no trial date or the multimillion-dollar amount that Chirayu Rana is claiming for unspecified damages due to loss of income, emotional distress, and alleged reputational harm.