The abominable behavior of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid newspapers seems to have no bounds. Now it turns out that the phone hacking investigation in Britain now includes allegations that information was obtained from stolen cellphones.

This charge goes along with the other two: payoffs to public officials, including prison staff members, by newspapers seeking confidential information, and illegal access to “medical, banking and other personal records,” by computer hacking or other means. This as reported in the NY Times.

It was found that Murdoch’s papers had obtained information from two stolen cellphones. One disappeared in Manchester, in northern England, and the other in southwest London. Authorities believe that these are just two incidents of many regarding stolen cell phones.

With respect to bribes paid to public officials 41 people have been arrested — including 23 current and former journalists, four police officers, nine current and former public officials and others described as conduits for the bribes.

One prison official is accused of having received nearly $55,000 from Murdoch’s newspapers and from the rival Trinity Mirror and Express newspaper groups from April 2010 to June 2011 in an effort to increase tabloid circulation.

The behavior of these journalists is insane. All should be mandated to take stop theft classes and donate time to helping others.