Former eBay executives accused of stalking

Six former eBay executives and employees are now faced with serious allegations to answer before a federal judge for carrying out a full-fledged stalking campaign against a couple living in Natick, Massachusetts. Their fault was to be critical of the marketplace in a newsletter managed on the subject of e-commerce.

Bloody masks and live cockroaches James Baugh, David Harville, Stephanie Popp, Brian Gilbert, Stephanie Stockwell and Veronica Zea, these are the names of those who will have to take responsibility for their work. They would have delivered two parcels containing live cockroaches, fly larvae, spiders, a funeral wreath, pornographic material, the book "Surviving the loss of a spouse" ("Surviving the loss of a spouse") and even a pig mask bloody. They would also have physically gone to the site to conduct a real on-site surveillance campaign.

It all began in mid-2019 with the creation of anonymous Twitter accounts through which to insult the two, and then move on to the actions just described. There was also a break-in with the aim of installing a GPS device on the couple's car so that they could follow their movements. Police intervention made it possible to link the shares to eBay.

The location of the eBay To confirm the story, a press release of the company appeared on the pages of the official website. Here in translated form, the statement attributed to the committee formed by the board of directors specifically for clarity on what happened.

eBay has considered these allegations very seriously right from the start. After having come to know you is to move quickly need to be further tested, and to implement the appropriate actions. The company has cooperated fully and extensively with the authorities throughout the process. eBay will not tolerate this type of behavior. eBay apologizes to the persons concerned and is sorry to have been targeted. eBay imposes a high standard for their employees in terms of conduct and ethics and will continue to implement appropriate actions to ensure that these standards are met.

The company claims to be the coming to knowledge of the facts, in September of last year, working quickly and fired the six leaders and employees as soon as confirmed the allegations. According to a statement from the library in the headquarters of the survey, as confirmed by the site The Verge , would have been involved also the ex-CEO Devin Wenig , replaced in recent months by the successor Jamie Iannone .

Source: eBay