What Jpmorgan Chase changes

Lorna Hajdini, an executive director at JPMorgan Chase's (JPMC) Leveraged Finance division, has been accused of sexual abuse, racial harassment and professional coercion by a junior male colleague, identified as "John Doe", according to a lawsuit filed on Monday (Apr 27) in the New York County Supreme Court. Jpmorgan Chase has emerged this Saturday as one of the stories drawing attention in Philippines.

Key facts

• Lorna Hajdini, an executive director at JPMorgan Chase's (JPMC) Leveraged Finance division, has been accused of sexual abuse, racial harassment and professional coercion by a junior male colleague, identified as "John Doe", according to a lawsuit filed on Monday (Apr 27) in the New York County Supreme Court.
• A former JPMorgan staffer whom sources identified as Chirayu Rana has been accused of making fabricated sexual harassment claims against a high-ranking executive at the bank after an internal investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing, The Post has learned.
• The suit also named JPMorgan Chase as a defendant, accusing the bank of retaliation and failing to investigate properly.
• Rana, who did not reply to The Post’s multiple requests for comment, claimed that the alleged coercion began shortly after he joined JPMorgan’s leveraged finance team in the spring of 2024.
• JPMorgan executive Lorna Hajdini is alleged to have sexually abused and harassed a junior colleague, according to a lawsuit filed.

What we know

Going deeper, a former JPMorgan staffer whom sources identified as Chirayu Rana has been accused of making fabricated sexual harassment claims against a high-ranking executive at the bank after an internal investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing, The Post has learned.

On the substance, the suit also named JPMorgan Chase as a defendant, accusing the bank of retaliation and failing to investigate properly.

Beyond the headlines, Rana, who did not reply to The Post’s multiple requests for comment, claimed that the alleged coercion began shortly after he joined JPMorgan’s leveraged finance team in the spring of 2024.

More precisely, JPMorgan executive Lorna Hajdini is alleged to have sexually abused and harassed a junior colleague, according to a lawsuit filed.

It is worth noting that a JPMorgan veteran of nearly 15 years, the 37-year-old currently serves as Executive Director for Leveraged Finance division.

By the numbers

At this stage, Multiple sources told The Post that 35-year-old Rana, now a principal at investment firm Bregal Sagemount, is the man who brought the bombshell lawsuit against Lorna Hajdini earlier this week.

On a related note, Rana’s suit, filed on Monday under the pseudonym John Doe, accused the 37-year-old executive director of turning him into her “sex slave” by drugging him with Rohypnol and Viagra and threatening to slash his bonus if he did not comply.

Going deeper, He filed an internal complaint in May 2025, alleging race- and gender-based harassment and abuse of power, before trying to negotiate a payoff that ran into “millions” to leave the company, sources said.

On the substance, Property records link Rana to an apartment in Manhattan’s Kips Bay neighborhood and a $1.7 million family home in Fairfax County, Va.

What they're saying

“He has tarnished her with a complete fabrication,” one source told The Post.

“Following an investigation, we don’t believe there’s any merit to these claims,” the spokesperson said. “While numerous employees cooperated with the investigation, the complainant refused to participate and has declined to provide facts that would be central to support his allegations.”

“He has tarnished her with a complete fabrication,” said one ally, who was not authorized to speak to the media.

The wider context

On a related note, the British tabloid, quoting the now-deleted court papers, reported that Hajdini, executive director on JPMorgan’s leveraged finance team, even turned up unannounced at Rana’s apartment and forced him to have sex.

Going deeper, Friends of Hajdini, who is still working at JPMorgan, said she is viewed internally as “a top performer.”

On the substance, Rana’s journeyman career in finance has included stints at Houlihan Lokey, Credit Suisse, TCG Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley, and the Carlyle Group before he joined JPMorgan.

Beyond the headlines, Lorna Hajdini, JPMorgan exec, accused of sexual abuse and racial harassment by junior colleague.

More precisely, before JPMorgan, Hajdini interned at the office of the medical director, then at Glazer Capital Management, and Tudor Investment Corporation.

The bottom line

• A former JPMorgan staffer whom sources identified as Chirayu Rana has been accused of making fabricated sexual harassment claims against a high-ranking executive at the bank after an internal investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing, The Post has learned.
• The suit also named JPMorgan Chase as a defendant, accusing the bank of retaliation and failing to investigate properly.
• A JPMorgan veteran of nearly 15 years, the 37-year-old currently serves as Executive Director for Leveraged Finance division.