David and Ina Steiner
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Also written as: the Steiners · the couple · the Steiners’ attorneys · the Steiners’ lawyers
Involved in
- Several of the former eBay employees traveled from California to Natick, Massachusetts, to surveil David and Ina Steiner and tried to install a GPS tracking device on their car.
- The harassment campaign began after Devin Wenig, then CEO, in August 2019 texted Steve Wymer, then chief communications officer, that it was time to “take her down”, referring to Ina Steiner.
- Wenig will pay David and Ina Steiner $2 million and make a $1 million donation to a charity focused on protecting first‑amendment rights in Ina Steiner’s name.
- Wenig said that no one should ever have been subjected to what the Steiners endured in 2019 and expressed sadness because it occurred during his time as CEO of eBay.
- Prosecutors said the aim of the campaign was to silence David and Ina Steiner after senior executives deemed their newsletter, EcommerceBytes, critical of eBay.
- eBay agreed to pay $46.15 million to David and Ina Steiner as part of the settlement.
- Wendy Jones will pay David and Ina Steiner $500,000 and Steve Wymer will pay them $50,000, respectively.
- eBay and three former top executives have agreed to pay $55.7 million to resolve the lawsuit filed by David and Ina Steiner.
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Origin: first recognised while reading Ebay and ex-executives to pay $55.7m to couple sent cockroaches in harassment campaign · 2026-09-12 08:13