More looting alert!
But it's in the UK, so not to worry - 2,500 staff sacked by text message:

Dozens of former employees looted offices of the personal injury claims firm The Accident Group after being told by text message that they had lost their jobs.

About 2,500 staff were thrown out of work yesterday when their employers' parent company, the Amulet Group, went into receivership.

Offices in Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool were ransacked by staff, who carried off computers and other equipment.

Staff had received three text messages on their mobile phones, warning them that they should not go into work, that their final salaries could not be paid and that a full explanation would be given by e-mail.

Sounds like a really poor plan.

Andy Potton, a claims assessor with the firm, had gone to his office in Speke, Liverpool, because he assumed colleagues would gather there.

He said: "I could hardly believe what I saw. There were people walking out of the office with computers. One chap quite high up in the company had loaded up his car with laptops and driven off."

Where were the troops?