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Ex-Citi director sentenced to 30 years for sex abuse

7/29/2026

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  • Edward Gene Smith, Citigroup director, was sentenced to 30 years after pleading guilty to sex crimes, child-pornography and obstruction of justice.
  • Prosecutors said he drugged, raped and photographed women he lured with financial promises and kept thousands of child-abuse files.
  • Prosecutors called his lawyers' claim that autism disorder drove his crimes “inflammatory nonsense.”
  • Citigroup said it terminated Smith upon learning of the investigation and cooperated with authorities.