Friday, April 24, 2009

Deutsche Telekom: suing ex-Chairman over snooping on phone calls

It is seeking €1m ($1.3m) in damages from its ex-chairman and looks set make a similar claim against its former chief executive over their roles in a year-old scandal involving allegations of snooping at the telecoms group.

Deutsche Telekom’s executive board sent a letter to Klaus Zumwinkel outlining the group’s claim to “around €1m” in damages for allegedly failing to comply with his responsibilities when he was chairman, a person close to the matter said.

This person also said Deutsche Telekom’s supervisory board was preparing a similar demand at the same level that could “soon” be presented to Kai-Uwe Ricke, chief executive when alleged spying on staff took place in 2005 and 2006.

Both Mr Zumwinkel and Mr Ricke have in the past denied any wrongdoing.

Deutsche Telekom seeks damages from ex-chairman

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