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The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a
search at offices of the No. 2 U.S. automaker on July 11 and
seized listening devices, computers and financial records,
according to search warrants obtained by the newspaper.
The search came three weeks after the FBI raided the suburban
Detroit home of Sharon Leach, a Ford mechanical engineer who was
fired after company security found listening devices planted in
meeting rooms, the newspaper said. Leach had worked at Ford for
17 years.
No charges have been filed against Leach, the paper said.
Leach's attorney Marshall Tauber could not immediately be
reached for comment.
Ford spokeswoman Susan Krusel said, "Ford and the FBI are
working together on a joint investigation involving a former
employee. As this is an ongoing investigation, we are not able
to provide additional details."
Leach placed the devices under tables in meeting rooms to enable
her to transcribe what was said, the paper cited Tauber as
saying.
The devices were not installed in rooms where the company's
board of directors would meet, the report said.
(Reporting by Bernie Woodall; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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