Cockroaches, Bloody Pig Mask: eBay Forks Over $56 Million To Victims Of Corporate Terror Campaign

July 31, 2026 12:15 PM ET The e-commerce giant eBay, as well as three former top executives at the company, agreed to pay $55.7 million to a Massachusetts couple who published an e-commerce newsletter. The couple, David and Ina Steiner, alleged in a 2021 lawsuit that they were stalked and harassed by the company, including by employees sending them fly larvae, cockroaches and a bloody Halloween pig mask, CNN Business reported Wednesday. Authorities are also prosecuting eBay and the three executives for targeting the couple.eBay will pay $56 million to a couple who were sent insects, a fetal pig, and bloody pig masks by staffThey had been critical of the marketplace on their website pic.twitter.com/vOf3tlRTWg— Dexerto (@Dexerto) July 29, 2026 The dispute began when the Steiner’s newsletter,