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Stalker woman sneaks into Google HQ

A former stripper snuck into Google's headquarters behind a visually impaired staffer to leave an angry letter and a book for the company's founders, US reports say.

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A former stripper snuck into Google's headquarters behind a visually impaired staffer to leave an angry letter and a book for the company's founders, US reports say.

Vera Svechina who has claimed Google is "inside her head and making her do things" is also alleged to have stalked Mark Pincus, the creator of social-media gaming hit Farmaville, Reuters reported.

Mountain View police spokeswoman Liz Wylie told Reuters that Ms Svechina, a self-described filmmaker and former stripper, spent several minutes in Google's Silicon Valley offices on March 14.

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"An administrative staff member returned to her desk and found a book in Russian as well as a letter addressed to [Sergey Brin and Larry Page]," Ms Wylie told Reuters.

"It didn't make any sense," Ms Wylie reportedly said of the letter. "They were the ramblings of somebody with some kind of condition."

Ms Wylie told Reuters that Google checked security-camera footage and contacted police four days later.

The footage revealed Ms Svechina had breached the company's offices by walking in behind a visually impaired employee, she said.

The whereabouts of Ms Svechina, 37, were not known, and she had not been arrested or charged over the intrusion.

Ms Wylie said Ms Svechina had previously contacted Mountain View police to file a complaint against Google, claiming it "was inside her head and telling her to do things".

Ms Svechina was taken to a hospital but had since been released, she said.


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