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Ebay Has to Pay $55.7 Million in Settlement for Its Unhinged Harassment Campaign
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A civil litigation case against eBay, filed by the founders of a Massachusetts-based news site that covers ecommerce, has just been settled.
In 2021, the couple filed a civil suit; EBay later agreed to pay a $3 million criminal penalty to the US Attorney’s Office in the District of Massachusetts.
The Steiners will receive more than $46.15 million from eBay, $2 million from former eBay CEO Devin Wenig, $500,000 from former eBay executive Wendy Jones, and $50,000 from former eBay executive Steve Wymer.
EBay is also giving $6 million to charity, with an additional $1 million from Wenig going to a nonprofit that protects First Amendment rights.
According to the initial criminal complaints, the harassment campaign led by eBay executives and contractors unfolded over a period of two months in the summer of 2019.