DOJ Fines eBay $3 Million After Employees Harass Couple With Packages of Live Spiders, Cockroaches

Published on January 18, 2024

A couple from Massachusetts is suing the online auction website eBay Inc. after the Department of Justice (DOJ) fined it $3 million for a targeted campaign of harassment, stalking, and emotional abuse orchestrated by seven employees of the company. David and Ina Steiner operate the blog and newsletter EcommerceBytes which publishes news about eBay, a buying-and-selling service based in San Jose, California, and other retailers. Authorities say several eBay executives began formalizing a plan to scare and intimidate the Steiners after they published two articles in 2019 that were critical of eBay leadership. One article detailed a relatively unknown plan from eBay executives to build a “NYC pub-style lounge” on its corporate campus while the other discussed a lawsuit accusing Amazon of poaching eBay’s sellers....

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