JPMorgan exec fired after viral Knicks parade video shows bizarre trash-can stunt

Angie Báez left the New York Knicks’ championship parade with more than a memory. According to the New York Post, video showed a woman in Knicks gear dumping trash from a limited-edition blue-and-orange bin onto a Manhattan sidewalk, then walking away with the receptacle.The Post identified the woman as Báez, 40, an executive director at JPMorgan Chase. The bank fired her after the footage surfaced, according to the outlet. A JPMorgan Chase spokesperson told the Post, “This employee is no longer with the company.”

Angie Báez’s viral Knicks parade video turned a celebration into a workplace problem

The Knicks held their championship parade on June 18 after beating the San Antonio Spurs in five games to win their first NBA title in 53 years. The parade should have been the story.

Instead, one trash can became the internet’s main character.Clips posted online showed Báez dressed in Knicks colors while emptying the themed bin onto the street. Additional footage showed her riding the subway with the bin, according to the Post.TMZ also reported that JPMorgan Chase fired Báez after reviewing the online footage. The Post first reported her firing.Báez had been promoted more than a year ago to executive director of community and industry engagement for card and connected commerce at JPMorgan Chase, according to her LinkedIn profile cited by the Post.

The outlet also reported that she previously worked as executive director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at The Infatuation, a New York-based restaurant review site acquired by Chase. Earlier in her career, Báez held diversity and inclusion roles at Squarespace, Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off 5th, and Hudson’s Bay, according to online biographical information cited by the Post.Sources told the Post that Báez attended the parade in her personal capacity.

She could not be reached by the outlet for comment Tuesday.

JPMorgan acted fast, but New York officials say no charges had been filed

The video created a simple problem for JPMorgan Chase. The conduct happened outside work, but the footage was public, easy to identify, and tied to a senior employee at one of the country’s biggest banks.The New York City Department of Sanitation did not soften its response. The agency told the Post, “Dumping trash onto the street and stealing public property for your own personal use are both illegal, antisocial behaviors, and not what New Yorkers do.

On top of all that, doing both on camera is incredibly stupid.”The Post reported that under New York City law, theft of property valued under $1,000 is typically treated as petit larceny, a Class A misdemeanor. The littering could bring separate penalties.Still, the case had not moved into criminal charges as of the Post’s reporting. The NYPD said on June 20 that it had not received any complaints connected to the incident, and Báez had not been charged with a crime.That makes the ending unusually modern. No charge was needed for the video to matter. No courtroom was needed for the consequence.