Kamel Nacif, the most important of these owners, was in charge of the Mexican operations of the U.S.-based Tarrant Group apparel firm, which supplied U.S. brands like Gap Inc., Levi's, and Tommy Hilfiger. Tarrant Group's management seems to have understood the possibilities for embarrassment: the company is no longer associated with Nacif, and in 2009 its name was changed to Sunshine Brands. Walmart's Mexican bribery scandal presents even greater opportunities for U.S. activists. This is just one of the company's many current public relations headaches. In June 2012, less than two months after the first Times article appeared, a spy from a Walmart PR firm was caught posing as a reporter at a Los Angeles press conference sponsored by a labor group, Warehouse Workers United. In November at least 117 garment workers died in a fire at the Tazreen Fashion factory in Bangladesh, a Walmart supplier.