Ex-eBay exec pleads guilty to terrorizing couple with spiders and funeral wreaths

David Harville is one of six others charged for harassing the Boston duo who ran a new newsletter criticizing the company

A former eBay executive pleaded guilty on Thursday to participating in a scheme to terrorize the creators of an online newsletter that included the delivery of live spiders and other disturbing items to their home.

David Harville, eBay's former director of global resiliency, is the final onetime eBay employee charged in the case to plead guilty. Six others have admitted to their roles in the harassment campaign targeting a Massachusetts couple who publish the newsletter EcommerceBytes, which eBay executives viewed as critical of the company.