Citi’s Security Unit Was Meant To Probe Misconduct

Employees say it protected the bank instead.
Internal team staffed by ex-law enforcement ‘operates as HR’s internal hit squad’, former executive says .
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After Ardith Lindsey told Citigroup her supervisor sent her threatening messages when she ended their relationship, she was summoned to a meeting. It was not with an HR representative or workplace psychologist. It was with a former prosecutor. Lindsey — who sued Citi over alleged sexual harassment, sexual assault and discrimination in 2023 — was called in by CSIS: Citi Security and Investigative Services, an internal unit of the Wall Street bank populated with former law enforcement officials equipped to tackle the most serious cases of wrongdoing. …
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