Ex-eBay staff accused of sending live cockroaches to harass couple
- The six high-level employees associated with eBay's security and intelligence teams are alleged to have embarked on the plot
- Couple published an e-commerce newsletter that eBay deemed critical of the company
Six former eBay employees are accused of orchestrating a harassment campaign that included sending their victims a box full of cockroaches and a “preserved fetal pig”, the US Justice Department said.
The alleged harassment targeted a couple who published an e-commerce newsletter that eBay deemed critical of the company.
In August 2019, two members of eBay's executive leadership team sent or forwarded messages indicating it was time to “take down” the newsletter's editor.
In response, six high-level employees associated with eBay's security and intelligence teams are alleged to have embarked on a harassment plot.
US authorities say the scheme included sending the couple grotesque home deliveries, including a bloody pig Halloween mask, a funeral wreath and a box of live cockroaches.
Those involved also allegedly sent increasingly threatening messages, including public tweets and private messages criticising the newsletter's content.