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