eBay Agreed to Pay Nearly $50 Million to Couple Sent Cockroaches, Bloody Pig Mask
The agreement includes $48.7 million for the Steiners, $6 million in charitable donations and no confidentiality clause, lawyers said.
- On Tuesday, eBay and several former executives agreed to pay $50 million to settle a civil lawsuit filed by Ina and David Steiner over a 2019 cyberstalking campaign orchestrated by company employees.
- The campaign began in 2019 after then-CEO Devin Wenig texted colleagues to "take her down," targeting the Steiners following critical coverage of eBay in their online newsletter, EcommerceBytes.
- Perpetrators sent the couple live insects, a funeral wreath, and a bloody pig mask to their home in Natick, Massachusetts, while also surveilling them and attempting to install a GPS tracking device on their car.
- Unlike typical settlements, the agreement includes no confidentiality restrictions, allowing the Steiners to speak publicly. Attorney Christopher Murphy said the resolution sends "a clear message that corporations and their executives cannot engage in this type of misconduct without facing significant consequences.
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Because former employees of eBay had tyrannized authors of an online newsletter, the trading platform pays more than 50 million dollars. Of this, 46.15 million dollars (about 40.5 million euros) go directly to the blogger couple, as its lawyers reported. With another six million dollars, eBay will support non-profit organizations. Seven former eBay employees had been convicted of sending live cockroaches and a mourning wreath and a fake-blooded …
eBay has agreed to pay US$48.7 million (about R$250 million in current quote) to a couple of U.S. journalists who accused former U.S. officials of promoting a campaign of intimidation, persecution and threats to silence them. The details of the agreement were released on Tuesday and close more than six years of criminal and civil lawsuits related to the case. Technological life-saving? Drone prevents man from entering the sea at night in China; …
eBay reaches $55.7 million settlement with couple that was "terrorized" in stalking scandal
NATICK, Massachusetts (WBZ) -- eBay has agreed to pay $55.7 million in a settlement with a Massachusetts couple that was the victim of a bizarre harassment and cyberstalking campaign orchestrated by former employees of the company.
EBay, former executives to pay $56 million to settle couple’s harassment case
EBay and three former top executives have agreed to pay $55.7 million to resolve a lawsuit by a Massachusetts couple who fell victim to a bizarre stalking and harassment campaign carried out by several of its employees in retaliation for their coverage of the e-commerce company in a newsletter they publish.
EBay agrees to $55.7 million settlement over harassment campaign
EBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million to settle a stalking lawsuit. This case involved a bizarre harassment campaign against a Massachusetts couple. Seven former eBay workers pleaded guilty and received prison sentences for their involvement. The company agreed to pay $46.15 million and fund charitable contributions. This resolution sends a clear message about corporate misconduct and accountability.
Ebay and former execs to pay $55.7m for harassment campaign against journalists
If large corporations are supposed to prefer subtle and well-lawyered forms of misconduct, no-one told Ebay, whose global security team ended up facing criminal charges over their unhinged harassment campaign against Ina and David Steiner, two journalists who criticized the company. — Read the rest The post Ebay and former execs to pay $55.7m after harassment campaign against journalists appeared first on Boing Boing.
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