Tsohon ma'aikacin eBay na ƙarshe da ke da hannu a cikin ƙarar cin zarafi na EcommerceBytes ya amsa laifinsa

A farkon wannan makon, David Harville, daya daga cikin tsoffin ma'aikatan eBay bakwai da ke da hannu a yakin 2020 don musgunawa wadanda suka kirkiri wata jarida mai sukar kamfanin kasuwancin e-commerce, ya amsa laifin laifuka biyar na tarayya, wanda ya kawo karshen daya daga cikin abubuwan ban mamaki a kwanan nan. tarihin fasaha.

In June 2020, the US Department of Justice , including Harville, with conspiracy to commit cyberstalking and conspiracy to tamper with witnesses. Of the group, Harville was the final employee to admit involvement in the harassment campaign that targeted Ina and David Steiner, ya ruwaito a ranar Alhamis.

A cikin 2019, ma'auratan Massachusetts sun buga labarin a cikin su labarai game da shari'ar da ta shafi eBay. Da yake mayar da martani ga abin da suka yi la'akari da mummunan ɗaukar hoto na kamfanin, ƙungiyar ta gudanar da yakin neman zaɓe wanda ke da alaƙa, a tsakanin sauran ayyuka, aika ma'auratan alade da aka adana, gizo-gizo mai rai da jana'izar jana'izar. Har ila yau, sun ƙirƙiri asusun kafofin watsa labarun karya don aika saƙonnin barazana ga Steiners da raba adireshin gidansu akan layi.

A cewar ma'aikatar shari'a , Wani ɓangare na hannun Harville a cikin yaƙin neman zaɓe ya haɗa da shirin shigar da na'urar bin diddigin GPS akan motar Steiner. Harville, tare da James Baugh, daya daga cikin sauran tsoffin ma'aikatan da aka tuhuma a cikin shirin, suna dauke da takardun bogi da ake zargin an tsara su don nuna cewa mutanen biyu suna binciken Steiners saboda barazanar shugabannin eBay.

A watan Yulin da ya gabata ne wani alkali na gwamnatin tarayya ya yankewa Philip Cooke, na farko daga cikin tsoffin ma’aikata bakwai da aka samu da laifin aikata laifin, hukuncin daurin watanni 18 a gidan yari. A lokacin, alkalin gundumar Amurka Allison Burroughs ya kira dukan shari'ar ".” A wannan lokacin bazara, Steiners sun kai karar ma'aikatan eBay da dama, ciki har da tsohon Shugaba Devin Wenig, saboda aiwatar da wani makirci na " tsoratarwa, barazanar kisa, azabtarwa, ta'addanci, binne su da kuma rufe su." Wenig ya da da sanin yakin neman zabe.