Police investigating stalking claims from Boohoo

Police are investigating claims of stalking and corporate espionage made by several executives from Boohoo, according to reports from The Times.

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 identity of any alleged perpetrators and any person or organisation who may have commissioned them is unknown and no arrests have been made as of yet.

The current and former Boohoo executives have alleged that they 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.

It is alleged that some of the directors reported being watched from outside their homes.

Alongside this, 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.

The company also discovered unregistered surveillance equipment outside of its Manchester office on 13 November which it subsequently handed over to the police.

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 spokesperson for the Boohoo Group added: “It would be inappropriate to comment whilst a police investigation is ongoing.”