eBay must pay maximum fine for putting Massachusetts couple “through pure hell.”

eBay hit with $3M fine, admits to “terrorizing innocent people”::eBay must pay maximum fine for putting Massachusetts couple “through pure hell.”

  • thehatfox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    561·
    10 months ago

    eBay’s revenue in the last financial year was over $10 billion, I’m sure that $3 million fine will make sure they never terrorise innocents again.

    • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      561·
      10 months ago

      From another article

      All seven who participated in the harassment have been convicted. Baugh was sentenced to 57 months in prison in September 2022.

      It was a small group of employees targeting one couple, and it looks like most of them will be going to prison.

      While I agree that the $3m is chump change for eBay, the victims deserve the settlement, and some justice has been served.

      • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        9·
        10 months ago

        It’s great to hear that the people responsible will actually do time for what they did

        Usually when you hear about people at a corporation doing some shitty stuff all you hear about is fines

          • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
            10·
            10 months ago

            The then-Senior Director of Safety and Security for eBay got an almost 5 year prison sentence, and it seems he reported directly to the CEO. That sounds like management to me!

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      41·
      10 months ago

      Honest question, this was a criminal proceeding, right?

      Couldn’t they now go after individuals through civil action, where burden of proof is lower, and damage claims can be pretty significant?

      I don’t really know, I suspect finding a legal team willing to go after ebay senior management may be challenging to find?

      • tquid@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        If you have civil and criminal causes of action, it’s often expedient to pursue the criminal one first, as it’s admissible as evidence in the civil case—the reverse isn’t usually true. I would be very surprised if there were not a settlement very soon, which unfortunately we will probably never hear about.

        With the facts of the criminal case, I don’t think they would have any difficulty at all getting a legal team to go after EBay. It’s a risk/reward thing for them and the pockets they’d be going after are very deep.