# 6 eBay Staffers Have Been Charged With Disturbing Harassment Of A Couple Who Criticized The Company

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**Created:** [June 16, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-ebay-staffers-have-been-charged-with-disturbing-harassment-of-a-couple-who-criticized-the-company/855782 "2020-06-16T15:53:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-ebay-staffers-have-been-charged-with-disturbing-harassment-of-a-couple-who-criticized-the-company/855782/1 "2020-06-16T15:53:48Z")

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WTF is going on in this country? It’s like we have a bunch of children in supposedly responsible positions.

> **[Six eBay Staffers Have Been Charged With Disturbing Harassment Of A Couple...](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/ebay-staff-charged-harassment-couple-pig-mask-cockroaches)**
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> After a bloody pig mask was sent to the couple's home, an eBay employee allegedly sent a message to one of the victims asking, "DO I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION NOW."

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> A group of eBay executives targeted and allegedly terrorized a middle-aged couple for months because they were angry over critical articles the pair wrote in a newsletter, federal prosecutors said Monday.
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> As part of the harassment, the six eBay employees allegedly sent the couple disturbing packages, harassed them online, and broke into their garage to install a GPS device on their car.  
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> As part of the intimidation campaign, the eBay staff allegedly sent the couple, who were not named by prosecutors, a mask of a bloody pig’s face, live cockroaches, a book about how to deal with a spouse’s death, and pornography that was delivered to a neighbor’s home, but in the couple’s name.
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> “This was a determined, systematic effort by senior employees of a major company to destroy the lives of a couple,” Lelling said.

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