From the Justice Department's Thursday press release:
The former Senior Manager of Special Operations for eBay's Global Security Team was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a cyberstalking campaign targeting a Massachusetts couple. The defendant and his co-conspirators harassed and intimidated the victims in retaliation for their publication of an industry newsletter that eBay executives viewed as critical of the company.
Brian Gilbert, 56, of San Jose, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to time served, one year of supervised release with the special condition that he have no contact with either of the victims in the case and a $20,000 fine. In October 2020, Gilbert pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit cyberstalking and conspiracy to tamper with witnesses.
Gilbert is one of seven now-former eBay employees and contractors on the company's security team who were charged and ultimately convicted for their roles in the cyberstalking campaign:
- Jim Baugh, eBay's former Senior Director of Safety and Security, was sentenced to 57 months in prison in September 2022;
- David Harville, former Director of Global Resiliency, was sentenced to 24 months in prison in September 2022;
- Stephanie Popp, former Senior Manager of Global Intelligence, was sentenced to 12 months in prison in October 2022;
- Philip Cooke, a former Senior Manager of Security Operations, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and 12 months of home confinement in July 2021;
- Stephanie Stockwell, a former Manager of Global Intelligence, was sentenced to one year in home confinement in October 2022; and
- Veronica Zea, a contract intelligence analyst, was sentenced to one year in home confinement in November 2022.
