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eBay To Pay $3M After Ex-Employees Put Mass Couple Through 'Pure Hell': Feds eBay To Pay $3M After Ex-Employees Put Mass Couple Through 'Pure Hell': Feds
eBay To Pay $3M After Ex-Employees Put Mass Couple Through 'Pure Hell': Feds eBay has agreed to pay $3 million in criminal penalties after several former employees targeted a Middlesex County couple in a campaign of harassment that included sending live cockroaches and funeral wreaths to their home in Natick, federal authorities said.  Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy said the employee's actions put the couple through "pure hell" and said eBay's conduct was "absolutely horrific." eBay engaged in absolutely horrific, criminal conduct. The company’s employees and contractors involved in this campaign put the victims through pure hell, in a petrifying …
Ex-eBay Execs Who Sent Live Roaches, Fetal Pig To Natick Couple Sentenced To Prison: Feds Ex-eBay Execs Who Sent Live Roaches, Fetal Pig To Natick Couple Sentenced To Prison: Feds
Ex-eBay Execs Who Sent Live Roaches, Fetal Pig To Natick Couple Sentenced To Prison: Feds Two former eBay executives who pleaded guilty to sending live insects, a funeral wreath, and a bloody Halloween mask to intimidate a Natick couple are going to prison.  Federal prosecutors said James Baugh, age 47, of San Jose, CA, and David Harville, 50, of Las Vegas, "weaponized" the online auction giant's power and security services to silence the couple, but it didn't work.  Baugh, eBay's former senior director of safety and security, will serve 57 months in prison and pay a $40,000 fine, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Baugh pleaded guilty to …
These MA Cities Rank Among 'Most Obese' In US, Study Says These MA Cities Rank Among 'Most Obese' In US, Study Says
These MA Cities Rank Among 'Most Obese' In US, Study Says It’s no secret America has an overweight problem. About 42 percent of U.S. adults are obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is up from 30.5 percent obesity in the adult population in 2000. A person is considered obese if their body mass index exceeds 30. Some places in the U.S. have more of a bulge to battle than others. A new ranking of America's most overweight and obese cities shows how the states' major metro areas compare to the rest of the country. The WalletHub study, "2021’s Most Overweight and Obese Cities in the U.S.," analyzed data from …