London forex trader sues Citigroup over ‘malicious’ forex prosecution
Kirstin Ridley, 02 October 2019
Rohan Ramchandani, the former European head of Citigroup’s forex spot market trading desk, alleges in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday that Citigroup made false and “gravely derogatory” assertions against him to government investigators and the media after firing him in 2014 without cause.
“Ultimately, Citi quite literally fabricated an antitrust case for the United States Department of Justice against Ramchandani based upon knowingly false allegations that he engaged in market ‘manipulation’ and ‘collusion’,” read the complaint filed in the federal court in Manhattan.
A spokeswoman for Citigroup in London said the bank rejected the allegations and would fight the case.
“Mr. Ramchandani’s claims of malicious prosecution are without merit and we will contest them vigorously,” she said.
