eBay stalking scandal
The eBay stalking scandal was a campaign conducted in 2019 by eBay and contractors. The scandal involved the aggressive stalking and harassment of two e-commerce bloggers, Ina and David Steiner, who wrote frequent commentary about eBay on their website EcommerceBytes. Seven eBay employees pleaded guilty to charges involving criminal conspiracies. The seven employees included two senior members of eBay’s corporate security team. Two members of eBay's Executive Leadership Team who were implicated in the scandal were not charged.
| Duration | Launched in January 2019 |
|---|---|
| Motive | Deter website authors who wrote negative material about EBay |
| Target | Ina and David Steiner of EcommerceBytes |
| Arrests | 2 |
| Convicted | 7 |
| Charges | 7 |
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