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Ni ibẹrẹ ọsẹ yii, David Harville, ọkan ninu awọn oṣiṣẹ eBay tẹlẹ meje ti o kopa ninu ipolongo 2020 kan lati ba awọn olupilẹṣẹ iwe iroyin kan ti o ṣofintoto ti ile-iṣẹ e-commerce, jẹbi awọn ẹsun odaran marun marun, ti o pari ọkan ninu awọn iṣẹlẹ iyalẹnu julọ ni aipẹ. itan-ẹrọ imọ-ẹrọ.

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, royin ni Ojobo.

Ni ọdun 2019, tọkọtaya Massachusetts ṣe atẹjade nkan kan ninu wọn iwe iroyin nipa ẹjọ okiki eBay. Ni idahun si ohun ti wọn ṣe akiyesi agbegbe odi ti ile-iṣẹ naa, ẹgbẹ naa ṣe ipolongo ipanilaya kan ti o kan, laarin awọn iṣe miiran, fifiranṣẹ tọkọtaya ẹlẹdẹ ẹlẹdẹ ti o dabo, awọn spiders laaye ati isinku isinku. Wọn tun ṣẹda awọn akọọlẹ media awujọ iro lati firanṣẹ awọn ifiranṣẹ idẹruba si Steiners ati pin adirẹsi ile wọn lori ayelujara.

Gẹgẹbi Ẹka ti Idajọ , apakan ti ilowosi Harville ninu ipolongo naa pẹlu idite kan lati fi ẹrọ ipasẹ GPS sori ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ Steiner. Harville, lẹgbẹẹ James Baugh, ọkan ninu awọn oṣiṣẹ iṣaaju miiran ti o gba ẹsun ninu ero naa, gbe pẹlu wọn awọn iwe aṣẹ iro ti wọn ṣe apẹrẹ lati ṣafihan awọn mejeeji n ṣe iwadii Steiners fun idẹruba awọn alaṣẹ eBay.

Oṣu Keje to kọja, adajọ ijọba kan dajọ Philip Cooke, akọkọ ninu awọn oṣiṣẹ meje tẹlẹ ti wọn jẹbi ninu ero naa, si ẹwọn oṣu 18. Ni akoko yẹn, Adajọ Agbegbe AMẸRIKA Allison Burroughs pe gbogbo ẹjọ naa “.” Ni akoko ooru kanna, awọn Steiners ti fi ẹsun kan ọpọlọpọ awọn oṣiṣẹ eBay, pẹlu Alakoso iṣaaju Devin Wenig, fun ṣiṣe iditẹ kan lati “fihalẹ, halẹ lati pa, ijiya, dẹruba, tẹ ati fi wọn si ipalọlọ.” Wenig ni nini eyikeyi imo ti ipolongo.