EBay Accuses Amazon Managers of Leading Plan to Snag Sellers
- Online marketplace accuses rival’s employees of racketeering
- Amazon is facing greater antitrust scrutiny from regulators
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EBay Inc. sued three employees working at e-commerce rival Amazon.com Inc., alleging that they conspired with dozens of other workers to fraudulently take high-value online merchants from EBay.
Amazon managers, as part of a “racketeering scheme,” offered incentives for employees to illegally infiltrate EBay’s internal messaging system, create fake EBay accounts and recruit merchants who were using the company’s marketplace, according to the complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California. EBay is based in San Jose.