An employee at the Sony Ericsson HQ in Lund Sweden has been arrested on suspicion of having stolen secret prototypes of not yet released the phone models. ThefFinding was made the employee’s home was raided by police.The value of the stolen models would be, according to police 750 000 kronor thats around £61,000 U.K pounds. The crime must have occurred sometime during the night between Monday and Tuesday. During yesterday revealed information that led police to an employee living in  Scanian city. 

- This person was picked up in the morning and has been questioned. What he has said or not said, I do not want to go into, “says Tomas Lundqvist are the police are still investigating. Shortly thereafter, the police went to the man’s home and then found what you searched for. 

- We found a number of mobile phones, “says Tomas Lundqvist. 

Offense has been classified as aggravated theft because of the high value of mobile phones is estimated at. It is unclear what the prototype was?, which is the peak of interest to competitors because they might contain secret mobile technology, which could be used against Sony Ericssson.

Sony Ericsson is very secretive about the details surrounding the theft, but Gustaf Brusewitz, press officer at Sony Ericsson, confirmed the incident.  ”It is true that there are a number of prototypes. thats all i am able to say”

When asked about What Sony Ericsson are doing to protect secret technology in the prototypes? he replied “It is clear that we have strict safety rules, but there is nothing I can comment in detail.”  source