Police are investigating claims of stalking and “corporate espionage” made by several Boohoo Group executives.
Police forces in Manchester and Kent are looking into reports of stalking offences understood to be aimed at Boohoo group CEO Dan Finley, former boss John Lyttle and co-founder Mahmud Kamani, The Times reported.
The identity of the alleged perpetrators and any person or organisation who may have commissioned them is unknown. No arrests have been made.
The three current and former Boohoo executives allege to have been followed over the past few months by men on public transport and in other public areas in places around London, Manchester and Kent.
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It is alleged that some of the directors report being watched from outside their homes.
The retailer’s chair Kamani was reportedly assaulted by one of the individuals, while Lyttle, who resigned on October 18, claims to have recently encountered two trespassers on his property.
Boohoo also discovered unregistered surveillance equipment outside its headquarters in Manchester on November 13, which it claims had been recording staff as they came in and out of the building.
The device was removed and handed over to the police, with the incident reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office and Greater Manchester council.
A spokesman for Greater Manchester police told the publication that an investigation around stalking involving “serious alarm/distress” was ongoing and that no arrests had been made.
Kent Police said it was investigating “reported stalking offences including at locations within the Sevenoaks area”.
A Boohoo spokesman told The Times: “It would be inappropriate to comment whilst a police investigation is ongoing.”
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