Edward Gene Smith gets 30‑year sentence for sex crimes
Harvard‑educated Edward Gene Smith, a former managing director at Citigroup, was sentenced on July 28, 2026 by Manhattan federal judge Paul A. Engelmayer to 30 years in prison. Smith pleaded guilty to a series of sex‑related offenses committed between 2015 and 2024, including drugging and raping multiple women, possessing tens of thousands of files of child sexual‑abuse material, and obstructing justice. Prosecutors said he used his banking status to lure vulnerable women to his Central Park South apartment, drugged them, filmed the assaults and distributed the footage on encrypted platforms. Smith argued that autism spectrum disorder was a primary driver of his conduct; prosecutors dismissed the claim as "inflammatory nonsense." U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton called Smith a "sexual predator and serial rapist" and said he belongs in prison. Citigroup terminated Smith’s employment after the allegations became public.
Entities: Citigroup Inc. · Edward Gene Smith · Judge Paul A. Engelmayer · Manhattan federal court · New York · U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton
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- [● 5 SOURCES] Edward Gene Smith, a former managing director at Citigroup, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. (new)
- [● 3 SOURCES] Smith worked at Citigroup from 2021 until his arrest in 2024. (new)
- [● 5 SOURCES] Smith pleaded guilty to sex crimes, including drugging and raping women, possession of child sexual‑abuse material, and obstruction of justice. (new)
- [● 2 SOURCES] Judge Paul A. Engelmayer presided over the sentencing. (new)
- [● 2 SOURCES] U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton said Smith’s actions were egregious and that he belongs in prison. (new)
- [● 5 SOURCES] Smith claimed autism spectrum disorder was a primary driver of his crimes, which prosecutors dismissed as nonsense. (new)
- [● 5 SOURCES] The offenses occurred between 2015 and 2024. (new)
- [● 5 SOURCES] Smith possessed tens of thousands of files of child sexual‑abuse material. (new)