DOJ Fines eBay $3 Million After Employees Harass Couple With Packages of Live Spiders, Cockroaches

Other items sent include a bloody pig mask, fly larvae, a funeral wreath, and a box about surviving the death of a spouse.

David and Ina Steiner arrive at the federal courthouse for the sentencing hearings for former eBay Inc security executives Jim Baugh and David Harville—who pleaded guilty to participating in a campaign to harass the Steiners that involved sending disturbing home deliveries like cockroaches and a funeral wreath—in Boston, Mass., on Sept. 29, 2022. Brian Snyder/REUTERS

A couple from Massachusetts is suing the online auction website eBay Inc. after the Department of Justice (DOJ) fined it $3 million for a targeted campaign of harassment, stalking, and emotional abuse orchestrated by seven employees of the company.

David and Ina Steiner operate the blog and newsletter EcommerceBytes which publishes news about eBay, a buying-and-selling service based in San Jose, California, and other retailers.