eBay agrees $56m settlement with bloggers over harassment case

The company condemned the former employees who pleaded guilty to criminal charges that led to the civil lawsuit and admitted to an "unprofessional tone in internal communications" by Wenig and other former executives.

A group of now-former company executives ultimately pleaded guilty to sending the couple a costume mask covered in pigs' blood, a book on surviving the death of a spouse, among other threatening actions.eBay and some former executives have agreed to pay a couple $56m (£42m) after a campaign of harassment in retaliation for their online criticism of the firm.