eBay employees sent live spiders and other disturbing items to the authors of a newsletter critical of the company, at one point flying to Boston to stalk them.
BOSTON — A former eBay Inc. executive was sentenced on Thursday to almost five years in prison for leading a schemethat included sending live spiders, cockroaches, a funeral wreath and other disturbing deliveries to their home.
Baugh and Harville, eBay’s onetime director of global resiliency, are among seven former employees who have pleaded guilty to charges in the case. Authorities portrayed Baugh as the mastermind of the scheme and said he directed eBay employees to use prepaid debit cards, disguises and overseas email accounts to hide the company’s involvement.
Baugh’s lawyers said their client had faced “intense, relentless pressure” from executives — including Wenig — to do something about the Steiners. They described Baugh as a “tool” who was used by eBay and then discarded when “an army of outside lawyers descended to conduct an ‘internal investigation’ aimed at saving the company and its top executives from prosecution.”
The Steiners say the terror campaign stole their sense of safety and caused devastating consequences to their business and finances.
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