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Brian Gilbert, 56, of San Jose, Calif., former Senior Manager of Special Operations for eBay’s Global Security Team, was sentenced to time served, one year of s

by haunter 2mo ago

Brian Gilbert, 56, of San Jose, Calif., former Senior Manager of Special Operations for eBay’s Global Security Team, was sentenced to time served, one year of supervised release with the special condition that he have no contact with either of the victims in the case and a $20,000 fine Jim Baugh, 47, of San Jose, Calif., eBay’s former Senior Director of Safety and Security, was sentenced to 57 months in prison David Harville, 50, of Las Vegas, Nev., former Director of Global Resiliency, was sentenced to 24 months in prison Stephanie Popp, 34, of Louisville, Ky., former Senior Manager of Global Intelligence, was sentenced to 12 months in prison Philip Cooke, 56, of San Jose, Calif., a former Senior Manager of Security Operations, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and 12 months of home confinement Stephanie Stockwell, 28, of Redwood City, Calif., a former Manager of Global Intelligence, was sentenced to one year in home confinement Veronica Zea, 28, of San Jose, Calif., a contract intelligence analyst, was sentenced to one year in home confinement https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/final-defendant-ebay-cyberstalking-case-sentenced https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/final-defendant-ebay-cybe...

robotswantdata 2mo ago
When will the executives face criminal trial too? “ The seven members of eBay’s security team were all criminally charged and sentenced to prison, home confinement or time served. Other executives went on to other corporate jobs. Wymer and Wenig left eBay in September 2019, before the charges were filed. The following year, Wymer was appointed chief of the non-profit Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley. Wenig has been on General Motors’ board since 2018 and now runs an AI start-up. Jones remained at eBay until 2020 and now sits on Prudential Financial’s board. The Steiners sued the trio and other former executives along with the company in the case that led to the $56mn payout. Under the terms of the settlement, Wenig agreed to pay $2mn, Jones must contribute $500,000 and Wymer $50,000, according to the pair’s lawyers.”
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- polytely 2mo ago
  Do we know what AI startup? I think its important for people to know when they do business with that startup.
  - dqv 2mo ago
    https://symbolic.ai/team https://symbolic.ai/team
    - formerlurker 2mo ago
      “The first AI platform created for professional journalists, communicators, and publishers.” It’s quite ironic that he went on to cater to communicators after harassing bloggers.
  - dylan604 2mo ago
    Dream a little dream of the world you want, then be prepared for the alarm to go off to rejoin the real world. An insignificant number of people care and while everyone else does business with anyone as long as there's benefit for them. As exhibit A, I present all of history
    - JumpCrisscross 2mo ago
      > As exhibit A, I present all of history History shows tiny effort pays off massively. To the extent you have a point, it’s in people creating elaborate excuses for lazy nihilism across time.
    - lovich 2mo ago
      I wonder if Captain Boycott would agree.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Boycott https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Boycott
      - dylan604 2mo ago
        Many of the worst offenders have survived boycotts because people don't care enough to change habits. They may vocally state their support of a boycott, yet continue to use the services of the boycott target. (It's easy to change your avatar on the socials as a virtue signal, but it takes effort to actually follow through.) Walmart, Amazon, etc have all survived boycotts but they have not been hurt nor changed their ways. The number of people that have permanently boycotted these places are insignificant. For example, personally, I no longer have a Prime account and do not shop at Walmart. Neither company notice. Even if all of the readers of HN stopped using either service, neither would be affected in a significant way even if they did notice.
12_throw_away 2mo ago
And on the other hand, let's see how the C-suite made out: Wymer was appointed chief of the non-profit Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley. Wenig has been on General Motors’ board since 2018 and now runs an AI start-up. Jones remained at eBay until 2020 and now sits on Prudential Financial’s board. (These were the Chief Communication Officer, CEO, and SVP for Global Operations, respectively)
- JumpCrisscross 2mo ago
  > Wymer was appointed chief of the non-profit Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley Boys and Girls Club of Silicon Valley lists its corporate donors as including Alliance Roofing · Amgen Foundation · Applied Materials · ASML · Comcast · Deloitte · EY · First Tech Federal Credit Union · Fremont Bank Foundation · Groundworks · Microsoft · NetApp · Peninsula Building Materials (PBM) · Project Learn / Panda Cares · Rite Aid Healthy Futures. If you work at or with any of these, flag this reporting to them. The organization also appears to work with the City of San Jose and the Morgan Hill school district. (An abusive alleged excon running a kids’ charity is absurd to the point of being hilarious. Whoever was supposed to vet him for hiring should also find a new calling.)
  - cogogo 2mo ago
    I adore our local boys and girls club, our kids are there every weekday and they adore it too. We have donated a little bit of money monthly for almost a decade. I do not love the big money vanity donors but they are what make the place tick. This is another level… I would be so angry if this clown were running our metro area. I feel obligated to write letters to all of those donors even though we are on the other coast.
    - JumpCrisscross 2mo ago
      > our kids are there every weekday and they adore it too. We have donated a little bit of money monthly for almost a decade Write to the national organization. Like, this guy is credibly accused of—and has settled claims around—seriously abusive behavior. He should not be around kids. Simple, one page: I am a donor and a parent who trusts their kids to your organization. I saw this reporting and was shocked. It may honestly not be on their radars.
happytoexplain 2mo ago
No consequences for executives, and yet their ostensibly enormous responsibility is how their salaries and benefits are always justified.
- jimnotgym 2mo ago
  What I really don't understand is why the security people who sent to jail didn't drop their boss in it in return for diminishing their role
  - vlovich123 2mo ago
    Cush consulting jobs after the fact. You don’t burn your social network unless the alternate is serious jail time. Given the slaps on the wrists described, clearly the after conviction pay day is more valuable.
    - JumpCrisscross 2mo ago
      > Cush consulting jobs after Do you have evidence any of these folks got these?
      - Barbing 2mo ago
        Or generally, if any tech criminals now show nice consulting gigs on their LinkedIns and seem to have traction. Wonder if any Enron perps are doing well, or Bernie Madoff’s associates, or if Elizabeth Holmes or SBF had righthand men…
        a4isms 2mo ago
        This is well before most HN readers' time, but Michael Milken, the "Junk Bond King," was handed a $600,000,000 fine and a ten-year prison sentance for insider trading and racketeering. He was also barred from reëntering the securities industry. When he was released from prison after serving less than two years, he became a "consultant" charging a flat $25 million fee for his services, which avoided the ban on working in the securities industry. Trump pardoned him in 2020. Consequences are incredibly elastic for people at the top of the food chain.
deathanatos 2mo ago
> eBay entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and admitted to a detailed recitation of all the relevant facts about its conduct and agreed to pay a criminal penalty of $3 million, which is the statutory maximum fine for these six felony offenses. Scaled from eBay's $11.1B/y to a person making $70k/y, that's proportional to a $18.92 fine. "The statutory maximum for these six felony offenses."
- _dark_matter_ 2mo ago
  I think it should be scaled to the salary of 6 people. So about $3.15

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robotswantdata 2mo ago

When will the executives face criminal trial too? “ The seven members of eBay’s security team were all criminally charged and sentenced to prison, home confinement or time served. Other executives went on to other corporate jobs. Wymer and Wenig left eBay in September 2019, before the charges were filed. The following year, Wymer was appointed chief of the non-profit Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley. Wenig has been on General Motors’ board since 2018 and now runs an AI start-up. Jones remained at eBay until 2020 and now sits on Prudential Financial’s board. The Steiners sued the trio and other former executives along with the company in the case that led to the $56mn payout. Under the terms of the settlement, Wenig agreed to pay $2mn, Jones must contribute $500,000 and Wymer $50,000, according to the pair’s lawyers.”

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polytely 2mo ago
Do we know what AI startup? I think its important for people to know when they do business with that startup.
- dqv 2mo ago
  https://symbolic.ai/team https://symbolic.ai/team
  - formerlurker 2mo ago
    “The first AI platform created for professional journalists, communicators, and publishers.” It’s quite ironic that he went on to cater to communicators after harassing bloggers.
- dylan604 2mo ago
  Dream a little dream of the world you want, then be prepared for the alarm to go off to rejoin the real world. An insignificant number of people care and while everyone else does business with anyone as long as there's benefit for them. As exhibit A, I present all of history
  - JumpCrisscross 2mo ago
    > As exhibit A, I present all of history History shows tiny effort pays off massively. To the extent you have a point, it’s in people creating elaborate excuses for lazy nihilism across time.
  - lovich 2mo ago
    I wonder if Captain Boycott would agree.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Boycott https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Boycott
    - dylan604 2mo ago
      Many of the worst offenders have survived boycotts because people don't care enough to change habits. They may vocally state their support of a boycott, yet continue to use the services of the boycott target. (It's easy to change your avatar on the socials as a virtue signal, but it takes effort to actually follow through.) Walmart, Amazon, etc have all survived boycotts but they have not been hurt nor changed their ways. The number of people that have permanently boycotted these places are insignificant. For example, personally, I no longer have a Prime account and do not shop at Walmart. Neither company notice. Even if all of the readers of HN stopped using either service, neither would be affected in a significant way even if they did notice.

12_throw_away 2mo ago

And on the other hand, let's see how the C-suite made out: Wymer was appointed chief of the non-profit Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley. Wenig has been on General Motors’ board since 2018 and now runs an AI start-up. Jones remained at eBay until 2020 and now sits on Prudential Financial’s board. (These were the Chief Communication Officer, CEO, and SVP for Global Operations, respectively)

JumpCrisscross 2mo ago
> Wymer was appointed chief of the non-profit Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley Boys and Girls Club of Silicon Valley lists its corporate donors as including Alliance Roofing · Amgen Foundation · Applied Materials · ASML · Comcast · Deloitte · EY · First Tech Federal Credit Union · Fremont Bank Foundation · Groundworks · Microsoft · NetApp · Peninsula Building Materials (PBM) · Project Learn / Panda Cares · Rite Aid Healthy Futures. If you work at or with any of these, flag this reporting to them. The organization also appears to work with the City of San Jose and the Morgan Hill school district. (An abusive alleged excon running a kids’ charity is absurd to the point of being hilarious. Whoever was supposed to vet him for hiring should also find a new calling.)
- cogogo 2mo ago
  I adore our local boys and girls club, our kids are there every weekday and they adore it too. We have donated a little bit of money monthly for almost a decade. I do not love the big money vanity donors but they are what make the place tick. This is another level… I would be so angry if this clown were running our metro area. I feel obligated to write letters to all of those donors even though we are on the other coast.
  - JumpCrisscross 2mo ago
    > our kids are there every weekday and they adore it too. We have donated a little bit of money monthly for almost a decade Write to the national organization. Like, this guy is credibly accused of—and has settled claims around—seriously abusive behavior. He should not be around kids. Simple, one page: I am a donor and a parent who trusts their kids to your organization. I saw this reporting and was shocked. It may honestly not be on their radars.

happytoexplain 2mo ago

No consequences for executives, and yet their ostensibly enormous responsibility is how their salaries and benefits are always justified.

jimnotgym 2mo ago
What I really don't understand is why the security people who sent to jail didn't drop their boss in it in return for diminishing their role
- vlovich123 2mo ago
  Cush consulting jobs after the fact. You don’t burn your social network unless the alternate is serious jail time. Given the slaps on the wrists described, clearly the after conviction pay day is more valuable.
  - JumpCrisscross 2mo ago
    > Cush consulting jobs after Do you have evidence any of these folks got these?
    - Barbing 2mo ago
      Or generally, if any tech criminals now show nice consulting gigs on their LinkedIns and seem to have traction. Wonder if any Enron perps are doing well, or Bernie Madoff’s associates, or if Elizabeth Holmes or SBF had righthand men…
      - a4isms 2mo ago
        This is well before most HN readers' time, but Michael Milken, the "Junk Bond King," was handed a $600,000,000 fine and a ten-year prison sentance for insider trading and racketeering. He was also barred from reëntering the securities industry. When he was released from prison after serving less than two years, he became a "consultant" charging a flat $25 million fee for his services, which avoided the ban on working in the securities industry. Trump pardoned him in 2020. Consequences are incredibly elastic for people at the top of the food chain.

deathanatos 2mo ago

> eBay entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and admitted to a detailed recitation of all the relevant facts about its conduct and agreed to pay a criminal penalty of $3 million, which is the statutory maximum fine for these six felony offenses. Scaled from eBay's $11.1B/y to a person making $70k/y, that's proportional to a $18.92 fine. "The statutory maximum for these six felony offenses."

_dark_matter_ 2mo ago
I think it should be scaled to the salary of 6 people. So about $3.15