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'Crush this lady': how eBay harassment campaign led to $56M payout

https://www.ft.com/content/06ec1b03-d4af-40cf-b12a-4ba5a410f6d2
39•JumpCrisscross•1h ago

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haunter•30m ago
Brian Gilbert, 56, of San Jose, Calif., former Senior Manager of Special Operations for eBay’s Global Security Team, was sentenced to time served, one year of supervised release with the special condition that he have no contact with either of the victims in the case and a $20,000 fine

Jim Baugh, 47, of San Jose, Calif., eBay’s former Senior Director of Safety and Security, was sentenced to 57 months in prison

David Harville, 50, of Las Vegas, Nev., former Director of Global Resiliency, was sentenced to 24 months in prison

Stephanie Popp, 34, of Louisville, Ky., former Senior Manager of Global Intelligence, was sentenced to 12 months in prison

Philip Cooke, 56, of San Jose, Calif., a former Senior Manager of Security Operations, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and 12 months of home confinement

Stephanie Stockwell, 28, of Redwood City, Calif., a former Manager of Global Intelligence, was sentenced to one year in home confinement

Veronica Zea, 28, of San Jose, Calif., a contract intelligence analyst, was sentenced to one year in home confinement

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/final-defendant-ebay-cybe...

robotswantdata•19m ago
When will the executives face criminal trial too?

“ The seven members of eBay’s security team were all criminally charged and sentenced to prison, home confinement or time served.

Other executives went on to other corporate jobs. Wymer and Wenig left eBay in September 2019, before the charges were filed. The following year, Wymer was appointed chief of the non-profit Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley. Wenig has been on General Motors’ board since 2018 and now runs an AI start-up. Jones remained at eBay until 2020 and now sits on Prudential Financial’s board.

The Steiners sued the trio and other former executives along with the company in the case that led to the $56mn payout. Under the terms of the settlement, Wenig agreed to pay $2mn, Jones must contribute $500,000 and Wymer $50,000, according to the pair’s lawyers.”

12_throw_away•18m ago
And on the other hand, let's see how the C-suite made out:

  Wymer was appointed chief of the non-profit Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley. Wenig has been on General Motors’ board since 2018 and now runs an AI start-up. Jones remained at eBay until 2020 and now sits on Prudential Financial’s board.
(These were the Chief Communication Officer, CEO, and SVP for Global Operations, respectively)
happytoexplain•14m ago
No consequences for executives, and yet their ostensibly enormous responsibility is how their salaries and benefits are always justified.
dredmorbius•21m ago
There've been a few recent submissions of this story over the past week or so, but none with significant discussion.

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49079244> (6 comments) had the most activity.

So no, this wouldn't count as a dupe.

evan_•19m ago
I assume this has been investigated but it's difficult to believe this stopped at one pair of critics. There are plenty of people online critical of eBay. Were they running similar campaigns on anyone else?

> Seven members of eBay’s security team, including former police captains, “worked together to harass and intimidate the Steiners”, according to prosecutors.

I hope someone's looking into the careers of the "former police captains" here. Again, difficult to believe they just woke up one day and decided to fly cross-country to vandalize someone's house with no prior history of intimidation.

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'Crush this lady': how eBay harassment campaign led to $56M payout

https://www.ft.com/content/06ec1b03-d4af-40cf-b12a-4ba5a410f6d2
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