Former eBay Executive Pleads Guilty to Stalking Newsletter Publishers

When former eBay executive James Baugh of San Jose first launched the harassment campaign against a couple publishing a newsletter with content critical of the e-commerce giant, Baugh suggested to his operatives that they send the pair “scary masks, live insects, or embarrassing items, such as pornography and strippers,” according to an FBI affidavit. Minus the strippers, that’s what they sent — and more. Baugh, 47, pleaded guilty to five counts of stalking, two counts of witness tampering and two counts of destruction, alteration and falsification of records in a federal investigation.