eBay Faces Federal Charges and $3M Fine for Sending Live Spiders and Cockroaches

eBay will pay a $3 million fine to settle criminal charges over employees' harassment campaign involving sending live bugs and disturbing items to a Massachusetts couple who ran an online newsletter critical of the company. The Justice Department charged eBay with stalking, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice. The couple also sued eBay in federal court, describing cyberstalking and upsetting deliveries that upended their lives. Several former eBay employees, including the company's ex-CEO, have been sentenced or pleaded guilty in connection with the harassment campaign.