The online auction company called the actions of its previous employees, which also consisted of social media threats, "wrong and reprehensible."

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
    19·
    11 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·
      11 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·
          11 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·
              11 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