For months on end, eBay employees and contractors made life hell for a couple that had criticized the company. Six years later, the company is finally paying up.

Bay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a Massachusetts couple targeted in a disturbing employee-led stalking campaign.

Bay and three former executives agreed to pay nearly $56 million in a settlement over a macabre campaign of cyberstalking and harassment that targeted two journalists in 2019. As we’ve previously written,

Ryan Cohen's attempts to wrest control of eBay have been met with investor doubts but having amassed a 10% stake, Cohen is now a mover and shaker at the online market.