In another twist to Peru's oil-kickback scandal, police have arrested five people for allegedly recording the telephone conversations that revealed the scheme.
Attorney General Gladys Echaiz on Thursday announced the arrest of two active and three retired naval officers who ran a private security company that allegedly ran a black market wiretapping service. A civilian woman who worked at the company, Business Track SAC, was also arrested...
Investigators have not revealed if Business Track was hired to tap the lobbyists' telephone lines or who fed the tapes to the news media...
Jailed lobbyist Romulo Leon testified to the state attorney's office that Business Track sold the tapes to Petro-Tech Peruana S.A., a company competing with Discover Petroleum for contracts in a September public auction...
Petro-Tech has repeatedly rejected links to the wiretaps but acknowledged Friday that it hired Business Track in 2006 to audit its computer security systems...
Business Track offers "information security" services and equipment, according to its Web site, including the detection of wiretaps on telephone lines, cell phone service blockers, polygraph test equipment and voice distorters. (more)
