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This is absolutely insane, and I don't believe for one second that the execs didn't know what was going on
this should end up with a massive settlement
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A couple subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries, including live spiders, cockroaches, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig mask, have continued to fight back, even after several eBay employees were sentenced in the case.
Ina and David Steiner filed a civil suit against eBay and former executives after the 2019 cyberstalking campaign. A U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts investigation into the auction site is ongoing.
"It felt like corporate terrorism because we were terrorized. And it was very calculated. It was very vicious," Ina Steiner told 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi.
Ina Steiner and her husband have worked together from their home for more than 20 years. They publish a news website called EcommerceBytes, which focuses on players in the e-commerce industry. David Steiner handles the business side of things while Ina Steiner handles the reporting.
Most of their 600,000 readers are sellers on sites like eBay, Amazon and Etsy, but the Steiners say e-commerce executives also read the articles closely.
On the morning of Aug. 8, 2019, they started receiving strange emails. The couple were bombarded with newsletters they'd never signed up for: Sin City Fetish Night, the Satanic Temple, the Communist Party, and dozens of others. Then the harassment started on Twitter.
"It was basically 'shut up, or else,'" Ina Steiner said. "And it was, it was as blatant as that."
Three days later, the Steiners got a strange call.
"Somebody left a voicemail for us, saying they couldn't fulfill the order for a wet specimen. And David was the one who called. And he said, 'What is a wet specimen?' And, and it was a pig fetus," Ina Steiner said. "That's when I really, my heart sank, because I thought, 'Who might be angry at something I wrote?' And I couldn't figure it out. I mean, we were, we were desperately trying to think, 'Who could it be?'"
Police began investigating as the harassment continued. Pornography was sent to the couple's neighbors, but it was addressed to David Steiner. On social media, the Steiners' home was listed as the site of yard sales and sex parties.
And then a book about surviving the loss of a spouse, addressed to David Steiner, arrived at their doorstep in Natick, Massachusetts.........
www.cbsnews.com
This is absolutely insane, and I don't believe for one second that the execs didn't know what was going on
this should end up with a massive settlement
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A couple subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries, including live spiders, cockroaches, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig mask, have continued to fight back, even after several eBay employees were sentenced in the case.
Ina and David Steiner filed a civil suit against eBay and former executives after the 2019 cyberstalking campaign. A U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts investigation into the auction site is ongoing.
"It felt like corporate terrorism because we were terrorized. And it was very calculated. It was very vicious," Ina Steiner told 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi.
Ina Steiner and her husband have worked together from their home for more than 20 years. They publish a news website called EcommerceBytes, which focuses on players in the e-commerce industry. David Steiner handles the business side of things while Ina Steiner handles the reporting.
Most of their 600,000 readers are sellers on sites like eBay, Amazon and Etsy, but the Steiners say e-commerce executives also read the articles closely.
On the morning of Aug. 8, 2019, they started receiving strange emails. The couple were bombarded with newsletters they'd never signed up for: Sin City Fetish Night, the Satanic Temple, the Communist Party, and dozens of others. Then the harassment started on Twitter.
"It was basically 'shut up, or else,'" Ina Steiner said. "And it was, it was as blatant as that."
Three days later, the Steiners got a strange call.
"Somebody left a voicemail for us, saying they couldn't fulfill the order for a wet specimen. And David was the one who called. And he said, 'What is a wet specimen?' And, and it was a pig fetus," Ina Steiner said. "That's when I really, my heart sank, because I thought, 'Who might be angry at something I wrote?' And I couldn't figure it out. I mean, we were, we were desperately trying to think, 'Who could it be?'"
Police began investigating as the harassment continued. Pornography was sent to the couple's neighbors, but it was addressed to David Steiner. On social media, the Steiners' home was listed as the site of yard sales and sex parties.
And then a book about surviving the loss of a spouse, addressed to David Steiner, arrived at their doorstep in Natick, Massachusetts.........
Couple still haunted by eBay stalking scandal years after "campaign of terror"
Ina and David Steiner were stalked and harassed in a campaign by eBay employees. They shared their story with 60 Minutes.
www.cbsnews.com
