{"id":91285,"date":"2026-07-29T04:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ebay-reaches-55-7-million-settlement-with-massachusetts-couple-that-was-terrorized-in-stalking-scandal\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T04:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:05:07","slug":"ebay-reaches-55-7-million-settlement-with-massachusetts-couple-that-was-terrorized-in-stalking-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ebay-reaches-55-7-million-settlement-with-massachusetts-couple-that-was-terrorized-in-stalking-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"eBay reaches $55.7 million settlement with Massachusetts couple that was &#8220;terrorized&#8221; in stalking scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>eBay has agreed to pay $55.7 million in a settlement with a Massachusetts couple that was the victim of a bizarre harassment and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/ebay-employees-arrested-u-s-attorney-andrew-lelling-cyberstalking\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">cyberstalking campaign<\/a> orchestrated by former employees of the company.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/ebay-lawsuit-cyberstalking-natick-steiner\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ina and David Steiner<\/a>, who run the trade publication ECommerceBytes from their home in Natick, started receiving online threats and upsetting deliveries to their home in 2019, including a bloody pig mask, live spiders and a book on surviving the death of a spouse. Pornographic magazines addressed to David Steiner were purposefully sent to their neighbors, and their home was listed on Craigslist as a nightly destination for &#8220;singles, couples and swingers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have had to fight so hard along the way that it&#8217;s kind of hard to believe that it&#8217;s now over, but we&#8217;re very happy about it,&#8221; Ina Steiner said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That allows us to hopefully live the rest of our lives in peace,&#8221; David Steiner said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement was able to trace a rental van that followed David Steiner one day back to an eBay employee, and in 2020, the Department of Justice charged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/ebay-cyberstalking-campaign-natick-philip-cooke\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">seven eBay executives<\/a> and employees with cyberstalking. Some executives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/ebay-executive-sentenced-harassment-james-baugh-david-harville-steiner\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">even went to prison<\/a> for their role in the scheme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was terrifying to know that this online harassment actually ended up right on our doorstep in real life, it was so scary,&#8221; Ina Steiner said.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/01\/11\/87b7d4f9-8984-41f9-a7eb-c4566b40aa80\/thumbnail\/620x349\/964f7775f6cdc2bbdcd82007b525d50f\/hager.jpg#\" alt=\"hager.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/01\/11\/87b7d4f9-8984-41f9-a7eb-c4566b40aa80\/thumbnail\/620x349\/964f7775f6cdc2bbdcd82007b525d50f\/hager.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/01\/11\/87b7d4f9-8984-41f9-a7eb-c4566b40aa80\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/f0ae61f56a6c1f8994d1849cb4435a32\/hager.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Among the items sent to the couple were a bloody pig mask and a book about surviving the loss of a spouse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS Boston<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>&#8220;I want to see ashes&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Federal prosecutors say leaders at the company were enraged by the couple&#8217;s newsletter and critical comments from readers who posted on their website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Take her down,&#8221; former CEO Devin Wenig texted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to see ashes. As long as it takes. Whatever it takes,&#8221; former chief communications officer Steve Wymer wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Steiners told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ebay-stalking-scandal-haunts-steiner-couple-60-minutes-2023-03-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;60 Minutes&#8221;<\/a> that they started sleeping in separate rooms so that if someone broke in at night, at least one of them could call police or escape.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It felt like corporate terrorism because we were terrorized. And it was very calculated. It was very vicious,&#8221; Ina Steiner said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>eBay settlement<\/h2>\n<p>The couple will receive $48.7 million in the settlement, including $2 million from Wenig. eBay will give $6 million to various charities, and Wenig will also donate $1 million to a charity protecting First Amendment rights in Ina Steiner&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look past the money, look past the roaches and the spiders, and tell me what it says about the times we live in,&#8221; David Steiner said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re happy that we have some financial security, that&#8217;s like understating it, it&#8217;s crazy, but it&#8217;s the message that it sends,&#8221; Ina Steiner said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>eBay, which paid a $3 million criminal penalty in the case in 2024, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebayinc.com\/stories\/news\/ebay-statement-regarding-agreement-with-ina-and-david-steiner\/?utm_source=other&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=eBayInc_ShareIcons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on Tuesday that &#8220;we continue to extend our deepest apologies to the Steiners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; eBay said. &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/09\/29\/3df68ce7-cdef-4b09-afc4-edd35623b571\/thumbnail\/620x421\/496a154000b2da2196446f1f670c7377\/steiners-gettyimages-1234406270.jpg#\" alt=\"White-haired woman and bald man standing in a park \" height=\"421\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/09\/29\/3df68ce7-cdef-4b09-afc4-edd35623b571\/thumbnail\/620x421\/496a154000b2da2196446f1f670c7377\/steiners-gettyimages-1234406270.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/09\/29\/3df68ce7-cdef-4b09-afc4-edd35623b571\/thumbnail\/1240x842\/1e2ad612a25ac2a6b308ecff0615718d\/steiners-gettyimages-1234406270.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Ina and David Steiner are pictured in Natick, Mass., on July 30, 2021. The Steiners, who run an e-commerce newsletter, sued eBay over harassment and stalking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jonathan Wiggs\/The Boston Globe via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wenig, who has said his &#8220;take her down&#8221; text referred to a communications strategy, also issued a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No one should ever have been subjected to what the Steiners endured in 2019, and I&#8217;m saddened by it, especially because it occurred during my time as CEO of eBay,&#8221; Wenig said. &#8220;The harassment was deliberately done in secret and without my knowledge, as established by an independent law firm review, a federal probe, and the sworn testimony of the security employee convicted as the &#8216;ringleader.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Steiners say they will keep publishing. 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