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6 eBay Executives And Employees Charged With Sending Threats, Bloody Pig Mask To Natick Couple

U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Andrew Lelling announced charges against six people for cyberstalking.

boston.cbslocal.com

Six former eBay executives and employees are facing federal charges after they allegedly led a cyberstalking campaign against a Natick couple they believed was critical of the company in an online ecommerce newsletter.

U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling said the eBay employees’ harassment included sending the couple “disturbing deliveries” that included a bloody pig mask, a box of live cockroaches, and a funeral wreath. The employees also allegedly sent anonymous threatening messages and traveled to Massachusetts to conduct “covert surveillance” of the victims.

“It was a determined, systematic effort of senior employees of a major company to destroy the lives of a couple in Natick, all because they published content company executives didn’t like,” said Lelling.

The executives charged are "James Baugh, 45, of San Jose, California, eBay’s former director of safety and security and former eBay director of global resiliency David Harville, 48, of New York City." But there could be more: "Two unnamed executives are included in the complaint that had roles above Baugh."

Nutty stuff.

 

[Thing on a Spring]

Taking the 'Jobsworth' title to strange new places.

 

[Cravis]

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

But we should really trust tech companies....

 

[Amory]

this is super fucked up. those people are about to get paid.

why them of all people, i wonder? i'm sure thousands of people criticize ebay and every other tech company every day

 

[SometimeLaterToday]

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Some crazy fuckers out there

 

[EverydayBeast]

6 eBay employees and executives charged in bizarre harassment campaign against couple

 

[Blond]

I just read about this.

“It was a determined, systematic effort of senior employees of a major company to destroy the lives of a couple in Natick, all because they published content company executives didn’t like,” said Lelling.

Kinda insane (but it also isn't considering the times we live in) but the payout from this is going to set their great, great grandchildren up for life (if society last that long, let's be real)

6 eBay Executives And Employees Charged With Sending Threats, Bloody Pig Mask To Natick Couple

U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Andrew Lelling announced charges against six people for cyberstalking.

boston.cbslocal.com

 

[Cunth]

And they were executives? lol wtf kind of operation they running there

 

[bucyou]

they sent a horse head and dead animals to them, some joe exotic shit

 

[ArchdukeChocula]

Imagine being such an npc that you get groupthink'd into sending live bugs to someone.
Physically adults, emotionally middleschoolers.

 

[DESTROYA]

Ebay headquarters are in California ? That explains everything

 

[Robot Carnival]

Imagine being such an npc that you get groupthink'd into sending live bugs to someone.
Physically adults, emotionally middleschoolers.

my friend was talking to me about this and he made the exact same comment which I totally agree with lol

 

[EverydayBeast]

I feel like it's a childish thing to do, and feel like it shouldn't have reached their doorsteps, I think scanning security has to be better.

 

[diffusionx]

I read about this a few days ago and it is just bizarre. A bunch of people talked shit about eBay and employees conspire to ruin their life? What IS that?

it shows how easy it is to get into a "bubble"... it reminds me of the old Chris Christie GW bridge scandal. Like some people just can't step out and be like wait what the fuck are we doing here.

 

[G-Bus]

I really want to see what this couple wrote.

 

[-Arcadia-]

“It was a determined, systematic effort of senior employees of a major company to destroy the lives of a couple in Natick, all because they published content company executives didn’t like,” said Lelling.

Looks like people are beginning to carry the habits from woke politics, to everyday life.

Makes sense. It's a terrible cultural standard to set.

 

[Rest]

And they were executives? lol wtf kind of operation they running there

eBay, apparently.