Jason Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 eBay hit with $3M fine, admits to “terrorizing innocent people” ARSTECHNICA.COM eBay must pay maximum fine for putting Massachusetts couple “through pure hell.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Quote The former eBay employees turned the Steiners' world "upside-down through a never-ending nightmare of menacing and criminal acts," Levy said. That included "sending anonymous and disturbing deliveries," such as "a book on surviving the death of a spouse, a bloody pig mask, a fetal pig and a funeral wreath and live insects," the DOJ said. The intimidation also included publishing a series of "Craigslist posts inviting the public for sexual encounters at the victims’ home." But the intimidation did not stop there. After sending tweets and DMs threatening to visit the couple's home, former eBay employees escalated the criminal activity by traveling to Massachusetts and installing a GPS tracker on the Steiners' car. Spotting their stalkers, the Steiners called local police, who coordinated with the FBI to investigate what Levy called an "unprecedented stalking campaign" fueled by eBay's toxic corporate culture. That's fucked, yo. Give'em the ol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 The executives are in prison, but still. That's just derranged, and at multiple points a bunch of people were just fine with all of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 This is one of those "give the victims a few million, but fine the company tens of millions" situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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