Ikea Fined $1.3 Million Over Spying Campaign in France

Ikea Fined $1.3 Million Over Spying Campaign in France
Customers leave an IKEA store in Plaisir, west of Paris, on Nov. 30, 2013. Remy de la Mauviniere/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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VERSAILLES, France—A French court ordered home furnishings giant Ikea to pay some €1.1 million ($1.3 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.