Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday that it has fired a Wal-Mart systems technician for recording phone conversations between the company's PR office and a newspaper reporter and for intercepting text messages without authorization.The move is the result of an internal investigation that began on Jan. 11 when someone expressed concerns to the world's biggest retailer about the matter, Wal-Mart said. It did not identify the technician.
Wal-Mart's internal investigation initially found that the technician had monitored and recorded phone conversations between Wal-Mart's public relations staffers and a reporter from The New York Times. The recordings were made over a four-month period between September 2006 and January 2007. Wal-Mart said it notified The New York Times earlier Monday.
During the investigation, the company said it discovered that, in separate instances, the same technician had intercepted text messages and pages including communications that did not involve Wal-Mart employees.
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