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- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
- technology@beehaw.org
eBay hit with $3M fine, admits to “terrorizing innocent people”::eBay must pay maximum fine for putting Massachusetts couple “through pure hell.”
From another article
It was a small group of employees targeting one couple, and it looks like most of them will be going to prison.
While I agree that the $3m is chump change for eBay, the victims deserve the settlement, and some justice has been served.
It was ”a small group of employees” instigated by the CEO and CCO, who were never charged.
“Instigated” implying conspiracy that was not found to exist, or they would have been charged.
eBay’s board found the same: https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/news/ebay-inc-issues-statement-regarding-indictments-of-previously-terminated-employees/
They’re assholes, but there are no laws against being an asshole.
“Instigated” in the age-old “will no one rid me of this turbulent priest” sense.
They weren’t charged, only because laws have always been understood to afford a loophole of plausible deniability to those in power.
Which the CCO was not afforded. Strange zig-zagging lines to draw.
Always attribute to stupidity … etc.
It’s great to hear that the people responsible will actually do time for what they did
Usually when you hear about people at a corporation doing some shitty stuff all you hear about is fines
Probably because they’re employees, not management.
The then-Senior Director of Safety and Security for eBay got an almost 5 year prison sentence, and it seems he reported directly to the CEO. That sounds like management to me!
And yet the CEO is walking free, and the business is still in operation.
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