by Wendi Strauch Mahoney at UnCover DC
Two former eBay executives were sentenced to prison for bizarre cyberstalking, according to a DOJ press release. A total of seven former employees have pleaded guilty in the USA v Baugh case. The former Senior Director of Safety & Security at eBay, Inc. and the company’s former Director of Global Resiliency were sentenced on Sept. 29 for their roles in the cyberstalking of Ina and David Steiner, whose publication EcommerceBytes was critical of eBay practices.
Former eBay Executives Sentenced to Prison for Cyberstalking https://t.co/E8IJeMBgUO
— EcommerceBytes (@EcommerceBytes) September 29, 2022
The harassment allegedly began in 2019 with cyberstalking, later escalating to in-person stalking. The couple filed a civil RICO lawsuit against the company “and others related to the conspiracy” in July of 2021. The executives were responsible for “a three-part harassment campaign” that was both threatening and disturbing. They effectively “weaponized eBay’s security department” against the couple. According to the DOJ:
“The defendants and their co-conspirators executed a three-part harassment campaign intended to intimidate the victims and to influence their reporting about eBay. The campaign included sending anonymous and disturbing deliveries to the victims’ home; sending private Twitter messages and public tweets criticizing the newsletter’s content; threats to visit the victims in Natick; and traveling to Natick to surveil the victims and installing a GPS tracking device on their car.
James Baugh, 47, of San Jose, Calif., was sentenced by US District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to 57 months in prison and two years of supervised release. Baugh was also ordered to pay a fine of $40,000. David Harville, 50, of Las Vegas, Nev., was sentenced to two years in prison and two years of supervised release. Harville was also ordered to pay a fine of $20,000.“
Among the items sent to the couple’s home were boxes of live cockroaches and spiders,…
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