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eBay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
Summary by The Piney Point Editorial Desk Leah Willingham, Associated Press , as published by KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC)
· July 28, 2026
· 1 min read
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Key takeaway has agreed to pay the couple nearly $50 million.
A settlement has been reached in a case involving eBay Inc. and a Massachusetts couple. The couple, who founded a newsletter covering the e-commerce industry, claimed they were targeted by former eBay employees with threats and strange deliveries.
The deliveries included live insects and a bloody pig mask. eBay Inc. has agreed to pay the couple nearly $50 million.
Further details of the settlement, including additional charitable donations, are available from the source, which reported on the agreement announced this week.
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Category: business Published: July 28, 2026 Source: KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC) Reading time: 1 min
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