A senior executive at Citigroup has left the bank, days after it was reported that he had met with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on several occasions while working at JPMorgan Chase.
In response to a query from the Financial Times, Citi confirmed that Paul Barrett, head of the North American private capital group at its private bank, was no longer employed by the firm.
The departure comes after a report on Friday in The Wall Street Journal, confirmed by the FT, that Barrett had met with Epstein after his relationship with JPMorgan was terminated.
“Until recently, Citi was unaware of Paul Barrett’s association with Jeffrey Epstein, which predated his employment at our firm,” Citi said in a statement.
Barrett did not respond to a request for comment on LinkedIn. An email sent to his Citi account was returned undelivered.
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