Two More Former eBay Employees Sentenced In Natick Cyberstalking Case

NATICK, MA — Two more former eBay employees were sentenced in federal court Tuesday in connection to a Natick cyber-harassment campaign, which follows two harsher sentencings in late September.

On Tuesday, a federal judge sentenced Stephanie Popp, 34, of Louisville, Ky., to a year and one day in prison, plus two years of probation. Stephanie Stockwell, 28, of Redwood City, Calif., was sentenced to a year of home confinement.

According to prosecutors, both women had a hand in harassing a Natick couple who publish a newsletter tracking the eCommerce industry. David and Ina Steiner's Ecommercebytes sometimes criticizes eBay, angering company executives.

Stockwell sent live spiders and pizza deliveries to the Steiner's home, plus other deliveries like a fetal pig and a book about how to cope with the death of a spouse, prosecutors said. Meanwhile, Popp used Twitter to criticize the couple, and posted an ad on Craigslist "inviting members of the public to experience sexual encounters at the victims’ home," prosecutors said.

A federal judgehanded down stiffer sentences on Sept. 29 to two eBay executives who prosecutors say orchestrated the campaign.

James Baugh, of San Jose, Calif., eBay’s former Senior Director of Safety & Security, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison and a $40,000 fine; David Harville, of New York City, eBay’s former Director of Global Resiliency, was sentenced to two years in federal prison and a $20,000 fine.