Goldman Trader Claims Kafkaesque Firing Over `Notorious' Client
- Rollins says he was unfairly blamed for dealing with financier
- Ex-managing director seeks $50 million in damages from bank
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. headquarters.
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A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive claims in a lawsuit that the bank retaliated against him for blowing the whistle on its failure to comply with anti-money-laundering policies.
Christopher Rollins, who worked for Goldman Sachs for 16 years and rose to be a managing director, claims the firm’s leaders smeared his reputation, falsely blamed him for its anti-money-laundering failures and eventually fired him in February 2017. He’s seeking at least $50 million in compensatory damages and punitive damages.