eBay Inc. agrees to pay nearly $50 million to a Massachusetts couple, David and Ina Steiner, to settle a lawsuit over an alleged cyberstalking and intimidation campaign, according to settlement terms released Tuesday. The couple said former eBay employees targeted them after they covered the company via a newsletter. They reported receiving anonymous and threatening deliveries and communications, including live cockroaches and other items described in the reports, such as a funeral wreath and a bloody pig Halloween mask. The couple also alleged that they experienced death threats and surveillance. The settlement resolves claims connected to conduct the Steiners attributed to former eBay workers. Multiple outlets report that the payout is close to $50 million and that the agreement comes after the case was litigated for years, with details presented through court or settlement documents. While the settlement terms address the resolution of the claims, the reporting focuses on the allegations made by the couple and the announced settlement amount rather than on an admission of wrongdoing by eBay.
eBay to pay nearly $50 million to Massachusetts couple over alleged cyberstalking
eBay Inc. agrees to pay nearly $50 million to a Massachusetts couple, David and Ina Steiner, to settle a lawsuit over an alleged cyberstalking and intimidation campaign, according to settlement terms...
- eBay agrees to pay nearly $50 million to David and Ina Steiner, a Massachusetts couple.
- The settlement resolves a lawsuit tied to allegations of cyberstalking and intimidation by former eBay employees.
- The couple says they received anonymous threatening deliveries, including live cockroaches and a bloody pig Halloween mask.
- Reports also describe other items sent, including a funeral wreath, alongside alleged death threats.
- The alleged campaign was connected to the couple’s newsletter coverage of eBay.
The settlement resolves a lawsuit over former employees' stalking of a newsletter couple who covered eBay.
1 hour agoDavid and Ina Steiner, from Massachusetts, have received a huge payout from eBay after they told of being threatened and targeted in a campaign to "intimidate" them
1 hour agoThe couple reported experiencing cyberstalking, death threats, and in-person surveillance by former eBay workers
2 hours agoeBay Inc. agreed to pay almost $50 million to a Massachusetts couple who said former employees of the company targeted them with threats and bizarre anonymous deliveries - including live insects, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig Halloween mask, according to settlement details released Tuesday.
3 hours agoBOSTON (AP) — eBay Inc. agreed to pay almost $50 million to a Massachusetts couple who said former employees of the company targeted them with threats and bizarre anonymous deliveries — including live insects, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig Halloween mask, according to settlement details released Tuesday.
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