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- A former top Juul executive alleged in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday that the company knowingly sold tainted or old products to customers and retailers.
- He alleges several instances where he expressed concerns about the quality of the products being sold that were dismissed by his higher-ups.
- In once case, Siddharth Breja alleges that former CEO Kevin Burns responded to his suggestions for improving quality control by saying: "Half our customers are drunk and vaping like mo-fos, who the f--k is going to notice?"
- The suit adds that Breja was terminated shortly after raising concerns, which he considers to be retaliation by the company in order to hurt his reputation and discourage other employees from speaking out.
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A former Juul executive is alleging in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday that the San Francisco-based company sold tainted pods to customers and retailers claiming and he was retaliated against for bringing up his concerns.
In the lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, first reported by BuzzFeed News and obtained by Business Insider, Siddharth Breja, a former senior vice president of global finance for Juul, claims that the company sent to market "approximately one million mint-flavored e-cigarette nicotine pods that it admits were contaminated."
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