http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3294877,00.html
26.04.2008
Reports: Eavesdropping Attempt Made on Porsche Chief
German police have launched a probe after an attempt was made to
eavesdrop on Porsche boss Wendelin Wiedeking while he was staying in
a luxury hotel, German media are reporting.
Security staff from the the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Wolfsburg found a
"babyphone" concealed under a sofa in his room, the media reports
said, which had been turned on and was transmitting.
Porsche has filed a complaint with the prosecutors' office in
Braunschweig, a company spokesperson told the AP news agency on
Saturday, April 26.
The newsmagazines Der Spiegel and Focus said an investigation is
underway after the monitoring device was found in Wiedeking's room
at the Ritz-Carlton in Wolfsburg in November. The reports said there
was suspicion that the spying attempt took place one day before a
meeting on Nov. 16.
Left behind?
The online news site Spiegel Online has reported that hotel security
ruled out that a family with a child could have stayed in the suite
previously and simply forgotten the device. For several weeks, there
was no record of a family having spent an evening in the room.
Porsche told AP that other company officials had also been spied
upon, including works council head Uwe Hueck, but did not supply any
details. Focus has reported that his telephone conversations at
Porsche headquarters in Stuttgart were allegedly wiretapped. It is
not known who was behind the action but the company has reportedly
notified prosecutors.
Porsche owns 31 percent of shares in Volkswagen, the biggest European
automobile manufacturer, and wants to take full control of the firm.
Volkswagen has denied any role in espionage, Focus reported.
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