Former Walmart director sues company

Tri Huynh, a former Walmart director of business development, has sued the national retailer.

Huynh alleges he was fired after complaining about Walmart's use of misleading e-commerce data as it sought to take on Amazon.

"Walmart sacrificed and betrayed its founder's key principles of integrity and honesty, pushing those core values aside in its rush to win the e-commerce war at all costs," Huynh charged in the whistleblower lawsuit filed in San Francisco. "In doing this, it realized it must silence any whistleblower who spoke up against its 'win at all costs' approach to e-commerce growth."

Walmart officials said the claims lack merit.

"This litigation is based on allegations by a disgruntled former associate, who was let go as part of an overall restructuring," spokesman Greg Hitt said in a corporate statement. "We take allegations like this seriously and looked into them when they were brought to our attention. The investigation found nothing to suggest that the company acted improperly. We intend to vigorously defend the company against these claims."

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