- The US Department of Justice convicted two former eBay Inc EBAY Executives jailed for their role in a cyberstalking campaign targeting the publisher and publisher of a newsletter that eBay executives considered critical of the company.
- James Baugh, eBay’s former senior director of safety and security, and eBay’s former director of global resiliency, David Harville, have pleaded guilty case.
- Baugh, Harville and several other eBay executives launched a campaign in 2019 to harass Ina and David Steiner, the editor and publisher of eCommercebytes, a site closely followed by online sellers. CNBC reports.
- Prosecutors said former eBay CEO Devin Wenig and other executives within the company were outraged by their company reporting.
- eBay executives repeatedly sent harassing and threatening messages to the couple Twitter Inc TWTR Platform.
- The campaign continued to escalate as the Steiners began receiving “disturbing deliveries” home outside of Boston.
- In addition, the report found that Craigslist posts appeared online inviting strangers to experience sexual encounters in the victims’ homes.
- Baugh, Harville and others also traveled from California to the Steiners’ home to monitor the couple and urged them to call the police.
- After learning of the police investigation, Harville and Baugh deleted digital evidence related to the cyberstalking campaign. In addition, Baugh gave false information and falsified records to police and internal investigators.
- Harville and Baugh were arrested and charged in June 2020.
- Five other eBay employees have pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the matter, the report added.
- Little, who stepped down as CEO in 2019, is not named in the event of.
- The Steiners have filed a separate lawsuit against eBay, Wenig and former SVP Steve Wymer. Little claimed ignorance of the harassment campaign.
- Price promotion: EBAY shares traded 0.49% lower at $37.51 on the last check Friday.
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