Expedia Group Inc. is shutting down its Seattle headquarters over the Presidents Day weekend to implement additional security measures. The development comes after a former employee was charged earlier this month with installing spy cameras in two all-gender restrooms on the campus.
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In an internal memo sent to employees Friday, the company said additional security sweeps of buildings did not reveal any more cameras, but the investigation is ongoing. An employee first alerted Expedia security about a suspicious device in two of the bathrooms on Dec. 4. At that time, “security supervisors made the decision not to take the devices because at the time they thought it was a music device or a battery backup for the soap dispensers,” according to a Seattle Police Department (SPD) report. The employee told detectives when he checked the following day, the devices had…
