America's Cup: Employee of Larry Ellison's BMW Oracle Racing arrested in France

Tuesday, 12 May 2009


Jean-Antoine Bonneveau, an employee of Larry Ellison’s BMW Oracle Racing team, was arrested in France after being found taking photographs and GPS measurements of Alinghi installations, in Switzerland.

In an interview at Nimes police station, Bonneveau, who is a French resident now living in Valencia, Spain, said that he did this for his employer, BMW Racing, as part of a “recon cell” and had been employed since December 2007 at a salary of €10,000 per month.

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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 12 May 2009 )

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