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OTC Global CEO Javier Loya Charged With Rape, Sexual Abuse

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By Madlin Mekelburg and Catherine Traywick

August 7, 2023 at 9:51 PM UTC

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The head of commodities brokerage OTC Global Holdings LP faces rape and sexual abuse charges in the latest scandal to embroil the Houston-based firm.

Javier Loya, OTC’s chairman and chief executive officer, has been charged with rape in the first degree, five counts of sexual abuse in the first degree and one count of sexual abuse in the third degree, according to a pretrial conference scheduled for Aug. 22 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, and posted on a court website.