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Spy Scandal at German Phone Giant Grows

Company tracked reporters' movements, bank accounts

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted May 30, 2008 3:44 PM CDT

(Newser) – Deutsche Telekom apparently didn’t stop at looking through the phone records of board members and journalists in its bid to end leaks. The German phone giant also tracked their movements and may have snooped into personal bank records, Der Spiegel reports. Top executives also worked with a detective agency run by members of the former East German secret police.

Prosecutors are investigating Deutsche Telekom’s spying activities, which first came to light last weekend. Investigators raided the company’s headquarters in Bonn yesterday. The company has admitted to looking through phone data from 2005-2006 but has denied other wrongdoing.

General View  during the annual shareholders meeting of the communication company Deutsche Telekom in Cologne, western Germany, Thursday May 15, 2008.
General View during the annual shareholders meeting of the communication company Deutsche Telekom in Cologne, western Germany, Thursday May 15, 2008.   (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A Feb. 28, 2008 file photo shows the logo of Deutsche Telekom at the headquarters in Bonn.
A Feb. 28, 2008 file photo shows the logo of Deutsche Telekom at the headquarters in Bonn.   (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
A July 16, 2002 file photo shows a man's shadow under the logo of Deutsche Telekom AG in the company's headquarters in Bonn, western Germany.
A July 16, 2002 file photo shows a man's shadow under the logo of Deutsche Telekom AG in the company's headquarters in Bonn, western Germany.   (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)
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