Fake Glassdoor Posts by U.K. Executive Claimed in Suit by Rival

Secretariat, a global business consultant headquartered in Atlanta, filed a U.S. lawsuit accusing British rival HKA Global Ltd. of trying to destroy its reputation with fraudulent posts on career websites including Glassdoor and LinkedIn.

A top HKA executive, Toby Hunt, posed as a Secretariat employee in July to wage “a fraudulent misinformation campaign” online, according to the defamation suit filed Monday in Los Angeles. The website posts were intended to sabotage the U.S. firm’s business and bolster HKA’s prospects while HKA’s parent company, Bridgepoint Advisers Ltd., was preparing to sell it, Secretariat said.