eBay staff charged with cyberstalking, sending fetal pig and spidersBy Lisa Vaas.
This is a Halloween mask depicting the face of a bloody pig:
It’s not pretty, but at least it doesn’t scurry. You can’t say the same for the other packages sent in a cyberstalking campaign allegedly orchestrated by eBay management and targeted at a Natick, Massachusetts couple who run an online e-commerce newsletter that’s sometimes critical of eBay.
According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the mask was one of multiple threatening packages sent by the e-behemoth’s (now former) employees as part of a cyberstalking campaign to bully the couple into closing down their newsletter, the name of which was redacted in court documents. Other packages included a preserved fetal pig, live spiders, fly larvae, a funeral wreath, a book on surviving the loss of a spouse, a box of live cockroaches, and a copy of the porn magazine Hustler: Barely Legal that was addressed to the Natick couple but sent to their neighbors’ homes.
On Monday, the office of Massachusetts US Attorney Andrew Lelling announced that six former eBay employees have been charged with “aggressive” cyberstalking of the couple, including some of them coming up with an excuse to fly in to Boston in order to rent a van and drive out to Natick to conduct covert surveillance.
I have never liked eBay corporation very much, but this is a new low even for them.
What's next? Maybe they'll decide to start SWATting people critical of their business practices?
How is any of this different from the acts of hardened criminals? Are they running a legitimate business or are they petty thugs with million-dollar paychecks? I hope lots of people do lots of jail time for this.
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