The Olympic Park Legacy Company have called in Police to investigate claims that its chief executive had his telephone records accessed by unauthorised agents.
Last week West Ham United contacted the Police following claims in the Sunday Times that the personal records of its employees had been surreptitiously gained by corporate investigators acting on behalf of Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham's rivals in the battle to win tenancy of the £500million stadium post-2012 Olympic games.And less than seven days later, the OPLC have confirmed that they too have contacted the authorities after suspecting foul play.
According to today's edition of the Times, the OPLC called in police when they discovered that records of phone calls made by chief executive Andrew Altman had been acquired by unauthorised agents.
It is further reported that call records belonging to West Ham's vice-chair Karren Brady were also accessed by the corporate sleuths, who had been employed by Tottenham to covertly investigate both the OPLC voting committee and employees of the club.
The revelation that Spurs have allowed themselves to become embroiled in a row regarding the unlawful access of personal phone records could not have come at a worse time for the north London club, following the national outrage this week over the News of the World's phone-tapping confessions - a scandal that led to the sudden demise of the 168-year-old newspaper.
In last week's edition the Sunday Times reported that the OPLC director at the centre of the case, Dionne Knight, has been spied on at her home by Tottenham's agents. Ms Knight lives with her 14-year-old daughter.
Ms Knight - and West Ham United's Olympic Director Ian Tompkins - were both suspended from their respective organisations last week following the revelation that she had been temporarily employed by West Ham as a consultant.
The Times report today that West Ham had been assured by Mr Tompkins that the OPLC had authorised Ms Knight's employment; the OPLC dispute that version of events and continue to insist that they were unaware Ms Knight had undertaken work for the club.
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