Ex-JPMorgan Executive Links Firing to Her Compliance Complaints

A former vice president in JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s anti-corruption unit claimed in a lawsuit that she was marginalized, mistreated and fired from the bank for complaining about compliance failures.

Shaquala Williams filed suit against JPMorgan Thursday in Manhattan federal court, saying the bank fired her in October 2019 after she raised concerns that the bank may have broken the law by misleading the Securities and Exchange Commission, Justice Department and other regulators about its anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, economic sanctions and risk governance programs.

“In response to Williams’s protected activities, the bank repeatedly subjected Williams to adverse actions,” Williams ...