EBay has been ordered to cough up $3 million to resolve criminal charges related to a harassment campaign that began in 2019.
Online marketplace eBay has been ordered to cough up $3 million to resolve criminal charges related to a harassment campaign by employees who sent live spiders, cockroaches and other disturbing items to the home of a Massachusetts couple, according to court papers filed Thursday.
The Justice Department charged eBay with four counts of corporate stalking — two through interstate travel and two through electronic communications services — as well as witness tampering and obstruction of justice, the federal agency said in a press release.
The seven employees who waged the ruthless intimidation campaign against a Natick, Mass.-based couple have already been handed down felony convictions.
The ringleader received the greatest sentence, 57 months in federal prison, the Justice Department said.
It all allegedly began with an “online intimidation campaign,” in 2019, when defendants Ina and David Steiner were taunted by an account on Twitter, now known as X, pretending to be an eBay seller.
