eBay settles with couple "terrorized" in bizarre stalking scandal
Summary
eBay has agreed to pay $55.7 million to a Massachusetts couple who were harassed and stalked online by former eBay employees. The company and some executives faced criminal charges for sending threatening items and false information to the couple’s home.Key Facts
- Ina and David Steiner, who run an e-commerce newsletter, were targeted by a cyberstalking campaign starting in 2019.
- The harassment included sending threatening deliveries like a bloody pig mask, live spiders, and pornographic magazines.
- Their home was falsely listed on Craigslist for swinger activities.
- Seven former eBay employees and executives were charged by the Department of Justice, with some going to prison.
- Former CEO Devin Wenig and other executives made threatening messages about the couple.
- The Steiners will receive $48.7 million from the settlement; eBay will donate $6 million to charities.
- Wenig will personally pay $2 million and donate $1 million to a charity supporting free speech rights.
- eBay paid a $3 million criminal penalty earlier and formally apologized for the actions of its former employees.
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