IBM is suing a former top executive, saying she needs to return $470,000 in bonuses after she took a job at a rival firm

• IBM wants its former top exec in Thailand to return $470,000 in bonuses after taking a job at a rival.
• IBM said Patama Chantaruck violated an equity awards plan when she started working at Accenture.
• The tech company said Chantaruck refused to repay the amount "without justification."

IBM wants its former top executive in Thailand to return $470,000 in bonuses after she started a job at one of its competitors, Accenture, just six weeks after leaving the company. 

In a lawsuit filed in New York Monday, which Insider has reviewed, IBM said that Patama Chantaruck started working at IBM Thailand as the country's general manager in 2018. This made her "the highest-ranking IBM executive in Thailand," the company said.