IRS chief Frank Bisignano denies WSJ report saying he spied on colleagues while working at JPMorgan

Frank Bisignano, head of the IRS and Social Security Administration, denied there's any truth behind a Wall Street Journal article claiming he spied on fellow executives while he was co-CEO of JPMorgan Chase a decade ago. 

The piece alleges, among other things, that Bisignano used his authority over the security department and position to access sensitive information and internal communications without a business justification. 

In the article, reporter Alexander Saeedy claims Bisignano directed security staff to use software to snoop in the email of rival executives, including Charlie Scharf, JPMorgan's then head of consumer banking who is now the CEO of Wells Fargo. 

In an interview on CNBC, Bisignano denied the allegations. He pointed out that the article relies on anonymous sources and that JPMorgan has denied the claims. He said the article is politically motivated. 

"At the altitude I travel, sometimes it's just bad journalism for political reasons," Bisignano said, adding that his record is "impeccable."