India, May 1 -- Viswas Raghavan, a "star banker" who was reportedly told he lacked a future at JPMorgan, secured a role at Citigroup within just three days for $52 million, despite facing allegations of bullying and abuse. Although the events occurred in 2024, the controversy has resurfaced in the wake of recent sexual abuse allegations involving another JPMorgan executive, Lorna Hajdini.

According to a New York Post report, at the time he joined Citigroup, he had years of allegations against him for bullying JPMorgan staff.

Another report by the Financial Times claimed that he allegedly called his juniors "a waste of calories". He also labelled the employees as "ignorant" and "inadequate."

Reportedly, in one incident, he made inapprop...