{"id":497254,"date":"2022-09-30T16:49:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T13:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ex-ebay-exec-gets-nearly-five-years-in-prison-over-stalking-scheme\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T16:49:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T13:49:27","slug":"ex-ebay-exec-gets-nearly-five-years-in-prison-over-stalking-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-ebay-exec-gets-nearly-five-years-in-prison-over-stalking-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ex-eBay exec gets nearly five years in prison over stalking scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29d70fd76da\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29d70fd76da\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-ebay-exec-gets-nearly-five-years-in-prison-over-stalking-scheme\/#%E2%80%9CEx-eBay_exec_gets_nearly_five_years_in_prison_over_stalking_scheme%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ex-eBay exec gets nearly five years in prison over stalking scheme&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEx-eBay_exec_gets_nearly_five_years_in_prison_over_stalking_scheme%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ex-eBay exec gets nearly five years in prison over stalking scheme&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A former eBay executive was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for sending live spiders, cockroaches, a funeral wreath and other disturbing packages to harass a couple who ran an online <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter that criticized the company.<\/p>\n<p>James Baugh, the e-tailer\u2019s former senior director of safety and security, on Thursday was given 57 months in a Boston federal court in the scheme that saw seven other ex-employees plead guilty. Among those was David Harville, eBay\u2019s former director of global resilience, who got a two-year sentence. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a bizarre, premeditated assault on our lives, with buy-in at the highest levels of eBay,\u201d David Steiner, one of the victims, told the judge.<\/p>\n<p>Steiner and his wife, Ina, have run a trade publication called eCommerceBytes for over two decades. The outlet became a platform for online shoppers to voice complaints about websites like eBay, Amazon and Etsy. <\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Ina wrote an article on the site about eBay suing Amazon for poaching its sellers that was seen as critical of eBay.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/ebay.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24070763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/ebay.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/ebay.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/ebay.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Seven other former eBay employees pleaded guilty in bizarre plot to terrorize a couple who ran an online newsletter that criticized the company.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Court documents revealed that 30 minutes after that article was published, then-eBay CEO Devin Wenig sent an email to an executive reading, \u201cIf you are ever going to take her down \u2026 now is the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly afterward, the Boston-based couple reported being stalked by eBay executives who parked a black van outside their house, attempted to break into their garage, and sent threatening deliveries to their home like live insects and a book about surviving the loss of a spouse.<\/p>\n<p>David Steiner testified that the company made their lives \u201ca living hell\u201d and that it must be held accountable in order to stop them from doing the same thing to other journalists that report on eBay.<\/p>\n<p>Baugh, who the court identified as the mastermind of the scheme, apologized to the couple before his sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI take 100% responsibility for this, and there is no excuse for what I have done,\u201d Baugh said. \u201cThe bottom line is simply this: If I had done the right thing and been strong enough to make the right choice, we wouldn\u2019t be here today, and for that, I am truly sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wenig, who left eBay in 2019, has denied any wrongdoing and has not faced any criminal charges. 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