The allegations are outrageous: Six former employees of Ebay to have terrorized two unpleasant operator of a critical Online publication, in a disturbing way, for example, by sending you to living cockroaches. It should have been part of the high-ranking Manager of the Online retailer traded in, the goods for safety in the company is responsible. The six employees have been criminally charged, you multi-year prison sentences. The Episode also throws an unflattering light on the former Board of management Chairman Devin Little. It is not directly related to the plot and has not been indicted. However, the investigators of the Federal Bureau of investigation suggest that he has at least stirred up sentiment against both critics.
Roland Lindner
economic correspondent in New York.
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the Victims are a married couple from the American state of Massachusetts, gives you the Online publication, “Ecommerce Bytes,” out. It is often been critically written about Ebay. According to the Prosecutor, the Ebay Manager is supposed to have begun in the summer of last year, in order to harass the Couple in different ways. First of all, anonymous and disturbing deliveries had been arranged “” to the house of the couple.
spiders in front of the door, bugs in the car
On a day in August, there are several packages, in which live cockroaches, spiders, and fly larvae were arrived were. The day after a mourning wreath had been delivered. In addition, a Halloween mask had been sent in the Form of a bloody pig head and pornography at the Couple. The two have also received an E-Mail that a “preserved pig fetus” will not be delivered, the arrived, however, then, apparently. In addition to these deliveries, Ebay should have threatened employees on Twitter and in personal messages and public entries, in order, the Couple in Massachusetts to visit. You should also have planned to publish the address of their victims.
to stop Also there was the Consideration that one of the employees that have previously worked for the police, offering the Couple help, the harassment. The hope had been that the Couple get a better opinion of Ebay, and this suggest in the reporting. To have the campaign of the Ebay staff, but also the Monitoring of the victims. Two of the accused had repeated to the house of the couple of dangers. It had even been planned, in the Garage, break in and install a device in the car, this gives the respective location. The couple have noticed, however, the Surveillance and the police are notified, which have included investigations.
Ebay stated to be of law-enforcement authorities in August 2019 on the investigation has been informed. The companies have initiated their own internal investigations and all employees dismissed. Ebay apologized to the Couple, and said such behavior will not be tolerated. In its internal investigation of the Online retailer is investigated according to its own information, the question is, what is the role of the then Chairman of the Board, Devin Little I played. No evidence had been found that he knew of the conspiracy or even that it should be authorized, however, he had communicated “inappropriate”.
