His family have suggested that there was no evidence of foul play
A whistleblower who exposed links between US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein has died by suicide.
British banker Simon Andriesz died in Thailand on September 23, aged 57, the campaign group Transparency Task Force announced over the weekend.
His family have suggested that there was no evidence of foul play.
The Financial Conduct Authority has now confirmed that it will investigate its handling of Mr Andriesz's whistleblower complaints, after he accused the regulator of failing to hold his former employer, BCG Group, to account for alleged wrongdoing.
The FCA also reportedly told Mr Andriesz that he failed to qualify for whistleblower protection.
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Mr Andriesz was a managing director at BCG Group, of which Mr Lutnick was chief executive, and had spent years flagging his concerns both internally and later to Government agencies.
He first raised concerns internally about account irregularities in 2016 - a year before he was fired from his role.
Later, in 2020 and 2021, Mr Andriesz told the FBI that Mr Lutnick had...
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