An official probe has been launched after the death of a banker who exposed Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary’s links to Jeffrey Epstein, the Daily Beast and PunchUp have learned.
Simon Andriesz, a British former Wall Street executive, died by suicide at 57 last week. He revealed the extent of Howard Lutnick’s relationship with Epstein earlier this year—after the commerce secretary claimed he had shunned the sex offender shortly after meeting him.
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Andriesz also spent a decade alleging serious misconduct at BGC Financial—the brokerage formerly run by Lutnick, 65—and that senior management failed to address the wrongdoing. BGC denies the allegations.
In a previously unpublished interview with PunchUp last year, Andriesz made the explosive claim that money owed to brokers had been diverted to cover costs arising from a sexual harassment case involving a young, female BGC employee.
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has now commissioned a review of its interactions with Andriesz, after acknowledging that his whistleblowing led to regulatory action.
The watchdog said that it should examine Andriesz’s experience carefully and take lessons from it, including how it communicates with and supports vulnerable people facing...
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