Two former eBay Inc security executives were sentenced to prison on Thursday for carrying out a campaign to harass and intimidate a Massachusetts couple after their online newsletter drew the ire of the company's then-CEO.
Thomson ReutersAn eBay sign and logo is seen in San Jose, Calif., in a 2016 file. The company has apologized to a Massachusetts couple targeted in a stalking and harassment campaign, but faces a lawsuit from them.Jim Baugh and David Harville were sentenced to 57 and 24 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in an extensive harassment campaign that involved sending the couple cockroaches, a funeral wreath and a bloody Halloween pig mask.
Prosecutors said senior executives deemed the newsletter critical of eBay and a threat to its business, and in August 2019 then-Chief Executive Officer Devin Wenig texted another executive that it was time to "take her down," referring to Ina Steiner. Then-eBay CEO Devin Wenig is shown at a conference in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 8, 2018. It was reported that Wenig was upset over comments in the couple's newsletter, but he has denied any involvement in the campaign directed at them.
At Baugh's direction, the Steiners received anonymous, harassing Twitter messages, bizarre emails, and unwanted home deliveries like spiders and a book on surviving the loss of a spouse, prosecutors said.
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