Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

reuters.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

41–50 of 82 posts

Re: Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

#41

Post by hacknat »

Lammy wrote: post #4

Impressive how they managed to nail seven underlings for doing it (five plead guilty; two went to trial[0]) but not CEO Devin Wenig for ordering[1] it, instead giving him a $57 million golden parachute straight into GM's Cruise. I wonder if Wenig being CEO of Thomson Reuters Markets from 2008 to 2011 has any effect on the way Reuters reports on this eBay scandal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Wenig [0]: https:/…

"It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves that take their humors for a warrant"

Re: Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

#42

Post by nickff »

pessimizer wrote: post #40
Lammy wrote: post #4

Impressive how they managed to nail seven underlings for doing it (five plead guilty; two went to trial[0]) but not CEO Devin Wenig for ordering[1] it, instead giving him a $57 million golden parachute straight into GM's Cruise. I wonder if Wenig being CEO of Thomson Reuters Markets from 2008 to 2011 has any effect on the way Reuters reports on this eBay scandal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Wenig [0]: https:/…

It's like Bridgegate. The way these people become powerful is by being smart enough to both delegate crime and never write anything down about it.

Former director of homeland security Janet Napolitano has actually stated that she avoided e-mails, and did everything in-person of via phone calls (presumably to avoid documenting her actions and motives).

Re: Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

#43

Post by fundad »

techrat wrote: post #28
Lammy wrote: post #4

Impressive how they managed to nail seven underlings for doing it (five plead guilty; two went to trial[0]) but not CEO Devin Wenig for ordering[1] it, instead giving him a $57 million golden parachute straight into GM's Cruise. I wonder if Wenig being CEO of Thomson Reuters Markets from 2008 to 2011 has any effect on the way Reuters reports on this eBay scandal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Wenig [0]: https:/…

Rich people don't go to jail.

The "former eBay employee" was pretty high up in eBay security operations and also a former police Captain and they don't come cheap. He's less rich than the CEO but can definitely afford more than the paltry $15,000 fine.

Re: Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

#45

Post by yawaworht1978 »

Ah the c level got away with it....for now. Most likely these office bullies will be subject to diverse forms of stalking in prison. Prison is a different set of rules, can't hide behind corporate procedures and helpers. Maybe if they have a horrible experience while incarcerated, they might wanna get back at the CEO.

I have read about this case years ago and have forgotten about it, very surprised that this took so long.

Re: Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

#47

Post by khazhoux »

nkingsy wrote: post #12
Lammy wrote: post #4

Impressive how they managed to nail seven underlings for doing it (five plead guilty; two went to trial[0]) but not CEO Devin Wenig for ordering[1] it, instead giving him a $57 million golden parachute straight into GM's Cruise. I wonder if Wenig being CEO of Thomson Reuters Markets from 2008 to 2011 has any effect on the way Reuters reports on this eBay scandal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Wenig [0]: https:/…

"While there’s no suggestion in court papers that Wenig knew of the plot, prosecutors say his angry emails triggered the scheme, and they play a central role in the narrative spelled out by the government. "Take her down," Wenig is alleged to have written in response to a post by the blogger." That would be the smoking gun, but who's alleging it? Article didn't say.

There are plenty of legal interpretations of "take her down." E.g., file a hard-hitting lawsuit.

I will give the CEO the benefit of the doubt that he did not mean: "Take a half-dozen people and engage in a massive, obsessive, batshit-crazy online and real-world cross-state harassment campaign."

Re: Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

#48

Post by whatshisface »

khazhoux wrote: post #47
nkingsy wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"While there’s no suggestion in court papers that Wenig knew of the plot, prosecutors say his angry emails triggered the scheme, and they play a central role in the narrative spelled out by the government. "Take her down," Wenig is alleged to have written in response to a post by the blogger." That would be the smoking gun, but who's alleging it? Article didn't say.

There are plenty of legal interpretations of "take her down." E.g., file a hard-hitting lawsuit. I will give the CEO the benefit of the doubt that he did not mean: "Take a half-dozen people and engage in a massive, obsessive, batshit-crazy online and real-world cross-state harassment campaign."

You don't think it could have come out over coffee one day?

Re: Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

#49

Post by khazhoux »

I barely have enough time in a week to keep up with emails and meetings, without crashing exhausted at the end of every day. I can't imagine having time in my schedule to travel across the country, send live cockroaches over mail, plan to plant GPS trackers on vehicles, etc.

I have to work on my time management!

Re: Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign

#50

Post by khazhoux »

whatshisface wrote: post #48
khazhoux wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are plenty of legal interpretations of "take her down." E.g., file a hard-hitting lawsuit. I will give the CEO the benefit of the doubt that he did not mean: "Take a half-dozen people and engage in a massive, obsessive, batshit-crazy online and real-world cross-state harassment campaign."

You don't think it could have come out over coffee one day?

I have to assume there was no evidence of that, or else he'd be charged too.
Post reply on HN