It’s great to hear that the people responsible will actually do time for what they did
Usually when you hear about people at a corporation doing some shitty stuff all you hear about is fines
Comment on eBay hit with $3M fine, admits to “terrorizing innocent people”
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 8 months agoFrom another article
All seven who participated in the harassment have been convicted. Baugh was sentenced to 57 months in prison in September 2022.
It was a small group of employees targeting one couple, and it looks like most of them will be going to prison.
While I agree that the $3m is chump change for eBay, the victims deserve the settlement, and some justice has been served.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Probably because they’re employees, not management.
jqubed@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The then-Senior Director of Safety and Security for eBay got an almost 5 year prison sentence, and it seems he reported directly to the CEO. That sounds like management to me!
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 months ago
And yet the CEO is walking free.
skydivekingair@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Please read the article before commenting.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It was ”a small group of employees” instigated by the CEO and CCO, who were never charged.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 8 months ago
“Instigated” implying conspiracy that was not round to exist, or they would have been charged.
eBay’s board found the same: ebayinc.com/…/ebay-inc-issues-statement-regarding…
They’re assholes, but there are no laws against being an asshole.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 8 months ago
“Instigated” in the age-old “will no one rid me of this turbulent priest” sense.
They weren’t charged because laws have always been understood to afford a loophole of plausible deniability to those in power.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Which the CCO was not afforded. Strange zig-zagging lines to draw.
Always attribute to stupidity … etc.