https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/10/27/ex-santa-clara-police-captain-pleads-guilty-in-bizarre-cyberstalking-of-ebay-critics/

A former Santa Clara police captain has admitted in federal court in Boston that he and several other eBay employees mounted an elaborate cyberstalking scheme to intimidate a Massachusetts couple whose newsletter criticized the e-commerce giant, then interfered with the investigation into tactics that included sending the victims live spiders, cockroaches, and a fetal pig.

Philip Cooke, 55, of San Jose, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a count of conspiracy to commit cyberstalking and a count of conspiracy to tamper with witnesses, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.