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☆ eBay must pay $3 million after its employees sent live spiders and cockroaches to a couple as part of a harassment campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

eBay has agreed to pay a $3 million fine after its employees waged a harassment campaign against a Massachusetts couple. The employees sent live spiders, cockroaches, and a bloody pig mask to the couple. AdvertisementOnline retailer eBay Inc. will pay a $3 million fine to resolve criminal charges over a harassment campaign waged 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 couple produced an online newsletter called EcommerceBytes that upset eBay executives with its coverage. Wenig, who stepped down as CEO in 2019, was not criminally charged in the case and has denied having any knowledge of the harassment campaign or ever telling anyone to do anything illegal.

Persons: —, David, Ina Steiner, Josh Levy, Devin Wenig, Wenig, James Baugh, Baugh, David Harville, Harville Organizations: eBay, Service, eBay Inc, Justice Department, EBay, Associated Press, Communist Party of Locations: Massachusetts, California, United States, Boston, Wenig

(AP) — Two people accused of operating a high-end brothel network with wealthy and prominent clients in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., suburbs will remain behind bars for now, a judge said on Wednesday. Lawyers for Han Lee and Junmyung Lee agreed to a voluntary order of detention during a brief court hearing two weeks after their arrest. Authorities have said the commercial sex ring in Massachusetts and northern Virginia catered to politicians, company executives, military officers, lawyers, professors and other well-connected clients. Political Cartoons View All 1265 ImagesProsecutors have argued Han Lee and Junmyung Lee pose a risk of flight, pointing to their financial resources and lack of ties to the community. Authorities say Han Lee recruited women and maintained the websites and brothels.

Persons: Han Lee, Junmyung Lee, David Hennessy, Josh Levy, Han Lee's, James Lee Organizations: Washington, D.C, Prosecutors, Homeland Security Investigations, Authorities Locations: WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Worcester , Massachusetts, Virginia, Watertown, Cambridge , Massachusetts, Fairfax , Virginia, California

Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 28, 2018. The U.S. government meanwhile seized the domains for two websites tied to the prostitution ring, authorities said. Defense lawyers for the trio either did not respond to requests for comment or could not be immediately identified. Customers were charged $350 to $600, depending on the services and included politicians, pharmaceutical and technology executives, doctors, military officers, professors, lawyers, business executives, scientists and accountants, prosecutors said. Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston, Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi; Editing by David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: John Jospeh Moakley, Katherine Taylor, Josh Levy, Han Lee, Junmyung Lee, James Lee, Levy, We're, Nate Raymond, Alexia Garamfalvi, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Courthouse, REUTERS, Rights BOSTON, U.S, Thomson Locations: John Jospeh Moakley U.S, Boston , Massachusetts, U.S, Boston, Virginia, Massachusetts, California, Massachusetts , Virginia, Cambridge, Watertown , Massachusetts, Fairfax, Tysons , Virginia

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