eBay must pay maximum fine for putting Massachusetts couple “through pure hell.”

eBay hit with $3M fine, admits to “terrorizing innocent people”::eBay must pay maximum fine for putting Massachusetts couple “through pure hell.”

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
    61·
    10 months ago

    Honest question, this was a criminal proceeding, right?

    Couldn’t they now go after individuals through civil action, where burden of proof is lower, and damage claims can be pretty significant?

    I don’t really know, I suspect finding a legal team willing to go after ebay senior management may be challenging to find?

    • tquid@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      If you have civil and criminal causes of action, it’s often expedient to pursue the criminal one first, as it’s admissible as evidence in the civil case—the reverse isn’t usually true. I would be very surprised if there were not a settlement very soon, which unfortunately we will probably never hear about.

      With the facts of the criminal case, I don’t think they would have any difficulty at all getting a legal team to go after EBay. It’s a risk/reward thing for them and the pockets they’d be going after are very deep.