Ebay’s Bizarre Cyberstalking Saga Ends With A $56 Million Settlement

eBay and 3 erstwhile executives will salary $55.7 million arsenic portion of a colony pinch a Massachusetts mates targeted pinch a bizarre harassment and cyberstalking run successful 2019, arsenic reported earlier by CNBC. The colony will resoluteness a lengthy ineligible saga that revealed really eBay’s erstwhile executives sent unrecorded insects, a bloody pig mask, a ceremonial wreath, and different unusual items to David and Ina Steiner complete their newsletter’s sum of eBay.

The Steiners, who run nan EcommerceBytes newsletter, sued eBay and its erstwhile executives — including ex-CEO Devin Wenig — successful 2021. The suit accused nan company and its executives of launching a coordinated effort to “intimidate, frighten to kill, torture, terrorize, stalk and silence” nan Steiners successful an effort to “stifle” their eBay-related reporting.

“As we person agelong stated, what nan Steiners were subjected to by erstwhile eBay labor successful 2019 was wrong, reprehensible and should ne'er person happened,” eBay says successful a statement connected its website. “We condemn, successful nan strongest position possible, nan labor who perpetrated and pled blameworthy to criminal charges for nan misconduct against Ina and David Steiner.”

The $55.7 cardinal colony will see $46.15 cardinal from eBay, $2 cardinal from Wenig, $500,000 from erstwhile world operations SVP Wendy Jones, and $50,000 from erstwhile main communications serviceman Steve Wymer. eBay will besides donate $6 cardinal to nonprofit organizations.