Live roaches and a bloody pig mask: 6 eBay employees accused of threatening a couple over a newsletter

Live cockroaches, spiders, and fly larvae. A bloody “pig face mask.” A funeral wreath. These are just some of the items sent by a group of eBay employees to harass a couple who ran an ecommerce newsletter that was critical of the company.

On Monday, six former eBay employees, some who were in executive-level positions at the company, were hit with federal charges after inflicting a campaign of cyberstalking and harassment on a Natick, Massachusetts couple who ran an ecommerce newsletter. The threats were apparently sparked over what the company’s executives perceived as negative coverage of eBay. Read more...