MTN has taken action against one of its now former employees who sold cellphone records of journalists and politicians to an ex-Gupta employee, the Sunday Times reports.<\/p>\n
According to the report, she was paid R3,750 by a private investigations company for the mobile phone records of Trevor Manuel, Tiso Blackstar editor-at-large Peter Bruce, and Financial Mail editor Rob Rose.<\/p>\n
Manuel, Bruce, and Rose are outspoken critics of the Gupta family.<\/p>\n
Part of these records were published on Wmcleaks.com \u2013 a fake news website \u2013 on 13 August.<\/p>\n
Bank of Baroda CEO Manoj Kumar also featured in the Wmcleaks report, and is accused of being a sellout to white monopoly capital for trying to close Oakbay\u2019s accounts.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrevor via an untraceable middle-man had carried out around 30 calls to the Chief Manager of Bank Of Baroda SA, Manoj Kumar Jha,\u201d states Wmcleaks.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany calls between Trevor and Rose have been verified within the time frame of the Oakbay\u2019s accounts closure in BOB regarding the creation of this intimidation scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Wmcleaks report added that \u201cRob Rose was also in constant touch with Peter Bruce within the said time frame\u201d.<\/p>\n
Shortly before the Wmcleaks article, Bruce wrote a column titled\u00a0The price of writing about the Guptas<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n He provided details on how he was followed and photographed, accused of cheating on his wife, and attacked online.<\/p>\n MTN confirmed the transgression by the employee, who did not arrive for a disciplinary hearing and instead resigned from the company.<\/p>\n \u201cProviding call data records of a third-party to anyone outside of MTN is a serious and major violation of MTN\u2019s internal policies and procedures,\u201d said MTN.<\/p>\n The group has opened a criminal case against her.<\/p>\n
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