Ikea fined $1.2 million over spying campaign in France, says report

Unit's former CEO gets a two-year suspended jail sentence

A French court ordered home furnishings giant Ikea to pay more than 1 million euros ($1.2 million) in fines and damages Tuesday over a campaign to spy on union representatives, employees and some unhappy customers in France. Two former Ikea France executives were convicted and fined over the scheme and given suspended prison sentences.
 
Among the other 13 defendants in the high-profile trial, some were acquitted and others given suspended sentences.
 
Abel Amara, a former Ikea employee who helped expose the wrongdoing, called the ruling “a big step in defense of the citizen....It makes me glad that there