eBay’s bizarre cyberstalking saga ends with a $56 million settlement
eBay’s bizarre cyberstalking saga ends with a $56 million settlement
eBay 离奇网络跟踪案以 5600 万美元和解告终
eBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million as part of a settlement with a Massachusetts couple targeted with a bizarre harassment and cyberstalking campaign in 2019, as reported earlier by CNBC. The settlement will resolve a lengthy legal saga that revealed how eBay’s former executives sent live insects, a bloody pig mask, a funeral wreath, and other strange items to David and Ina Steiner over their newsletter’s coverage of eBay.
据 CNBC 此前报道，eBay 及其三名前高管将支付 5570 万美元，以就 2019 年针对马萨诸塞州一对夫妇的离奇骚扰和网络跟踪事件达成和解。此次和解结束了一场漫长的法律纠纷，该案揭露了 eBay 前高管因 David 和 Ina Steiner 夫妇在时事通讯中对 eBay 的报道，而向他们寄送活昆虫、血淋淋的猪面具、葬礼花圈及其他怪异物品的恶劣行径。
The Steiners, who operate the EcommerceBytes newsletter, sued eBay and its former executives — including ex-CEO Devin Wenig — in 2021. The lawsuit accused the company and its executives of launching a coordinated effort to “intimidate, threaten to kill, torture, terrorize, stalk and silence” the Steiners in an attempt to “stifle” their eBay-related reporting.
经营 EcommerceBytes 时事通讯的 Steiner 夫妇于 2021 年起诉了 eBay 及其前高管（包括前首席执行官 Devin Wenig）。诉讼指控该公司及其高管发起了一场有组织的行动，旨在“恐吓、威胁杀害、折磨、威胁、跟踪并压制”Steiner 夫妇，试图以此“扼杀”他们关于 eBay 的相关报道。
The Department of Justice charged seven former eBay employees in connection with the harassment campaign in 2020, all of whom have been convicted. eBay agreed to pay a $3 million criminal penalty related to the case in 2024.
美国司法部于 2020 年对七名与该骚扰活动有关的前 eBay 员工提起诉讼，这些人均已被定罪。2024 年，eBay 同意就此案支付 300 万美元的刑事罚款。
“As we have long stated, what the Steiners were subjected to by former eBay employees in 2019 was wrong, reprehensible and should never have happened,” eBay says in a statement on its website. “We condemn, in the strongest terms possible, the employees who perpetrated and pled guilty to criminal charges for the misconduct against Ina and David Steiner.”
“正如我们长期以来所声明的那样，Steiner 夫妇在 2019 年遭受前 eBay 员工的对待是错误的、应受谴责的，且本不该发生，”eBay 在其网站声明中表示。“我们以最强烈的措辞谴责那些对 Ina 和 David Steiner 实施不当行为并对刑事指控认罪的员工。”
The $55.7 million settlement will include $46.15 million from eBay, $2 million from Wenig, $500,000 from former global operations SVP Wendy Jones, and $50,000 from former chief communications officer Steve Wymer. eBay will also donate $6 million to nonprofit organizations.
这 5570 万美元的和解金包括：eBay 支付 4615 万美元，Wenig 支付 200 万美元，前全球运营高级副总裁 Wendy Jones 支付 50 万美元，以及前首席通讯官 Steve Wymer 支付 5 万美元。此外，eBay 还将向非营利组织捐赠 600 万美元。