India, Jan. 28 -- A former Wall Street executive has pleaded guilty to drugging and sexually assaulting women, as well as buying child pornography. Edward Gene Smith, a former Citigroup managing director, entered his plea in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday.

Smith, 50, admitted that he intentionally lured women in New York so he could drug them and have sex with them. He also confessed to buying and possessing pornographic images of minors, Bloomberg reported.

Harvard-educated Edward Smith is accused of targeting young women online over several years, from around 2019 to 2023. He reportedly persuaded these women to meet him at his apartment in Central Park South and other locations.

On multiple occasions, he allegedly gave them drugs...