Press: ex-employee of Bárta’s firm possessed illegal phone records

A former employee of the ABL security agency, formerly owned by Public Affairs leader Vít Bárta, was in possession of illegally acquired records of phone calls made by a manager at the company CEZ, Mladá fronta Dnes reported on Monday, referring to a report by the General Inspectorate of the Security Forces. The records originated with a police officer who is currently facing abuse of power charges, the newspaper said. Representatives of the security firm, which is now called Mark2 Corporation, deny the charge. Mr. Bárta, who founded the company and ran it when the alleged transgressions took place, served as a government minister before his party Public Affairs became involved in a number of scandals and was forced into the opposition.

Author: Masha Volynsky