Clearly Devin Wenig and his partners in crime didn’t ace this subject. (Sign photographed at a local business university.)
Ebay of charged with cyberstalking of couple.
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One of the suspects was a former police captain from SV. So crazy that he’d go to such extreme lengths to harass this poor couple from across the country!
An Op-Ed by a former Ebay attorney:
Op-Ed From CLO of Turo Michelle Fang: Whatever. It. Takes. How eBay Lost Its Moral Compass
www.law.com
"...Monday we read with horror allegations in the DOJ’s criminal complaint that eBay’s then CEO remarked over emails and text to his chief communications officer about Steiner (the founder of EcommerceBytes, which covers stories on e-commerce companies and is regularly critical of eBay):
“Take her down.”
“F*ck them.”
“If you are ever going to take her down … now is the time.”
And does his chief communications officer instead suggest that a blogger’s stories aren’t worth getting so exercised about? Or that he will arrange to get some strong op-eds in major publications to make these stories look weak? Or that EcommerceBytes (formerly AuctionBytes) has been dogging eBay with negative press coverage since 1999 and while largely frustrating that is just the way the free press works? No. If the allegations are proven true, he fuels the fire:
“We are going to crush this lady.”
To make matters worse, he then forwards the big boss’ text command to “take her down” directly to the assembled security team led by Baugh. The CCO allegedly tells Baugh’s team he will take any heat from risky actions:
“Anything we can do to solve it should be explored.”
I want to “see ashes.”
“Whatever. It. Takes”
Baugh and his assembled team appear all too eager to appease and please the CEO and the CCO in their alleged thirst for Steiner’s destruction..."
Op-Ed From CLO of Turo Michelle Fang: Whatever. It. Takes. How eBay Lost Its Moral Compass
Op-Ed From CLO of Turo Michelle Fang: Whatever. It. Takes. How eBay Lost Its Moral Compass | Corporate Counsel
If you happened to catch eBay in the headlines Monday, you probably shook your head in utter disbelief. Did at least six eBay employees set out on a months-long campaign of physical and virtual terror against blogger Ina Steiner?
www.law.com
"...Monday we read with horror allegations in the DOJ’s criminal complaint that eBay’s then CEO remarked over emails and text to his chief communications officer about Steiner (the founder of EcommerceBytes, which covers stories on e-commerce companies and is regularly critical of eBay):
“Take her down.”
“F*ck them.”
“If you are ever going to take her down … now is the time.”
And does his chief communications officer instead suggest that a blogger’s stories aren’t worth getting so exercised about? Or that he will arrange to get some strong op-eds in major publications to make these stories look weak? Or that EcommerceBytes (formerly AuctionBytes) has been dogging eBay with negative press coverage since 1999 and while largely frustrating that is just the way the free press works? No. If the allegations are proven true, he fuels the fire:
“We are going to crush this lady.”
To make matters worse, he then forwards the big boss’ text command to “take her down” directly to the assembled security team led by Baugh. The CCO allegedly tells Baugh’s team he will take any heat from risky actions:
“Anything we can do to solve it should be explored.”
I want to “see ashes.”
“Whatever. It. Takes”
Baugh and his assembled team appear all too eager to appease and please the CEO and the CCO in their alleged thirst for Steiner’s destruction..."
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I want to see them take him down.An Op-Ed by a former Ebay attorney:
Op-Ed From CLO of Turo Michelle Fang: Whatever. It. Takes. How eBay Lost Its Moral Compass
Op-Ed From CLO of Turo Michelle Fang: Whatever. It. Takes. How eBay Lost Its Moral Compass | Corporate Counsel
If you happened to catch eBay in the headlines Monday, you probably shook your head in utter disbelief. Did at least six eBay employees set out on a months-long campaign of physical and virtual terror against blogger Ina Steiner?
"...Monday we read with horror allegations in the DOJ’s criminal complaint that eBay’s then CEO remarked over emails and text to his chief communications officer about Steiner (the founder of EcommerceBytes, which covers stories on e-commerce companies and is regularly critical of eBay):
“Take her down.”
“F*ck them.”
“If you are ever going to take her down … now is the time.”
And does his chief communications officer instead suggest that a blogger’s stories aren’t worth getting so exercised about? Or that he will arrange to get some strong op-eds in major publications to make these stories look weak? Or that EcommerceBytes (formerly AuctionBytes) has been dogging eBay with negative press coverage since 1999 and while largely frustrating that is just the way the free press works? No. If the allegations are proven true, he fuels the fire:
“We are going to crush this lady.”
To make matters worse, he then forwards the big boss’ text command to “take her down” directly to the assembled security team led by Baugh. The CCO allegedly tells Baugh’s team he will take any heat from risky actions:
“Anything we can do to solve it should be explored.”
I want to “see ashes.”
“Whatever. It. Takes”
Baugh and his assembled team appear all too eager to appease and please the CEO and the CCO in their alleged thirst for Steiner’s destruction..."
There are a few articles in Fortune Magazine's site that I came across on the subject, but they're behind a paywall. Their opinion is that it was caused by a number of actual business-related reasons, but investigation of Wenig's part in the stalking and the emails he sent to the perps was a strong factor in kicking his arrogant arse out the door as soon as his part became known and it was confirmed by his emails. A google search for "why did ebay remove wenig as CEO?" should bring up some of the more public answers.
It beats me why they just didn't sic the Feds on him and save themselves the cost of that 57 million dollar golden parachute. I hope the Feds have enough evidence on him to boil him in oil, and add the other ex-management scumbags to the serving platter as a garnish.
Ironic, Henry II Plantagenet indirectly sicced his knights on Thomas a Becket and was made to do public penance including physical beatings by the bishops and monks of Canterbury. Wenig walks away with 57 Million bucks. Who said that crime doesn't pay?
My girlfriend recently began selling on eBay and heard about this from someone she follows on YouTube. I read a few articles before coming here.
I have no words.
Edited - Okay I take that back, lol. I do have words. Take her down reminds me of Christie's administration and Bridgegate. Arrogant, bully mentality, government version. if you are outside of the NJ region, search NJ, Chris Christie and Bridgegate and the info should come up.
I have no words.
Edited - Okay I take that back, lol. I do have words. Take her down reminds me of Christie's administration and Bridgegate. Arrogant, bully mentality, government version. if you are outside of the NJ region, search NJ, Chris Christie and Bridgegate and the info should come up.
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So let me get this straight - if I buy a fake Coach bag, I can expect eBay to protect me as a buyer and to direct their seller to refund my money. But I write an article expressing my opinion about eBay ( Oh, wait, what's that called? Oh yes, FREE SPEECH! Involving something else written a ways back, oh yes, THE CONSTITUTION) I can expect someone from eBay to contact a medical supply company and order a fetal pig to be delivered to me? And of course, will they be invoicing me for shipping of said fetal pig?
Shout out to the supply company ( I have taught college biology courses using preserved specimens so I know exactly what the drill is), for what appears to be questioning the order placed by these not-yet-officially-labelled criminals.
Now I'm done.
Shout out to the supply company ( I have taught college biology courses using preserved specimens so I know exactly what the drill is), for what appears to be questioning the order placed by these not-yet-officially-labelled criminals.
Now I'm done.
What's even more ironic is that this was one of Devin Wenig's tweets from a couple of weeks ago.
Sending this couple a copy of a book about grieving the loss of a spouse, beyond all the other harassment and threats, is SO SO far over the line. It's basically a death threat. I have been speechless watching this unfold. This is a corporation???
Inside eBay’s Cockroach Cult: The Ghastly Story of a Stalking Scandal (Published 2020)
“People are basically good” was eBay’s founding principle. But in the deranged summer of 2019, prosecutors say, a campaign to terrorize a blogger crawled out of a dark place in the corporate soul.
(non-paywalled versions of this article can be found at most library websites, among other places)
Yes, it's on our local (Boston) news (all the local stations) because we live in the area of the victims.
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I should clarify. It was widely covered when the charges were first publicized.
And it was covered again this past week when a fifth person was charged.
Because the hearings will be local, I expect there will be a lot of coverage when that happens.
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