The online auction company called the actions of its previous employees, which also consisted of social media threats, \

eBay to pay $3 million after employees sent fetal pig, funeral wreath to Boston couple::The online auction company called the actions of its previous employees, which also consisted of social media threats, “wrong and reprehensible.”

    • Technus@lemmy.zipEnglish
      20·
      10 months ago

      They are:

      The investigation led to felony convictions for seven individuals, all former eBay employees or contractors, and the ringleader was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison.

      • fossphi@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        10 months ago

        Not even 5 years. It’s a fucking joke. These bastards were heinous. Heck, the c suite at the top also might have been aware. How does a company survive after this? An ordinary individual would have been sued and jailed to oblivion

          • fossphi@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            I meant if a regular person did crimes of this magnitude, they would have gotten harsher punishment. Which I think these executives also more than deserve

              • fossphi@lemm.eeEnglish
                1·
                10 months ago

                Nope. I guess I shouldn’t have implied it with that certainty. It was more of a horrific repulsion from what the ebay execs did and I felt like they got off too easy

  • brsrklfEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    A funeral wreath and a book on surviving the death of a spouse.

    Fuck these assholes, that’s vile.