The cyber-hacktivist group Anonymous has released Bank of America e-mails in which a former employee claims that foreclosure information was withheld from regulators and that sensitive information may have been deleted, according to news reports.

The leak includes correspondence between an employee at Balboa Insurance, a BofA subsidiary, detailing plans to delete sensitive documents, the BBC writes, but "does not explain why the files were to be removed or how this supports Anonymous' accusation of criminality."

The leak "raises questions about removing from the record documents that were sent out in error. The e-mails don't indicate the loans have foreclosure issues," The Charlotte Observer writes.

A spokesman for the Charlotte-based bank told the Observer the former Balboa employee stole documents, adding, "We're confident he will not be able to substantiate his outlandish assertions." A spokesman characterized the claims to the BBC as "extravagant."

According to the BBC:

One of the documents appears to show an employee of Bilboa [sic] Insurance asking a colleague to delete certain loan identifying numbers from their computer system. No information is given about the reason for the deletion, or whether it was ultimately carried out. An Anonymous member, posting updates on Twitter under the name OperationLeakS, said the e-mails form the first part of a series of planned leaks that will prove Bank of America engaged in improper mortgage foreclosure practices. But BoA said the clerical and administration documents do not relate to foreclosures.

The e-mails are posted on bankofamericasuck.com, which has been unavailable. It also includes exchanges between an Anonymous member and the anonymous Balboa employee.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said previously he planned to post internal Bank of America documents. It's not clear whether or when that might happen or whether the material is the same as what Anonymous has leaked.