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eBay agrees to pay $3 million in harassment case involving live insects, a pig fetus, and sex parties | eBay says it takes responsibility for the misconduct of its former employees


The story began in 2019, when Ina and David Steiner published an article in their EcommerceBytes newsletter that painted eBay in a negative light. The piece was...

The bizarre case of eBay harassing and stalking a Massachusetts couple who criticized the auction platform has ended with the company agreeing to pay $3 million to settle criminal charges. Baugh's lawyers said he was pressured by former eBay CEO Devin Wenig to deal with the Steiners, though the ex-Chief Executive denies any knowledge of the campaign and has not been charged. The Department of Justice has now announced that eBay has agreed to pay a $3 million criminal penalty for the harassment and intimidation campaign, the statutory maximum fine for the six felony offenses it faced.

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