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Robert Chesnut is the Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of eBay, Inc., the Internet's leading person to person trading community. In January 2002, he was appointed to form and lead eBay's new Rules, Trust and Safety Department, which is responsible for the formation and coordination of eBay's trust and safety strategy worldwide. Rob's group is responsible for changes to eBay's site rules and policies to make eBay an even better marketplace, eBay's proactive efforts to detect and prevent fraudulent and abusive activity on the site, programs like escrow and user verification that promote safer trading, and cooperation with law enforcement and regulatory agencies to encourage lawful activity on the site and prosecution of wrongdoers.Before starting eBay's Rules, Trust and Safety department, Rob was a member of eBay's legal team for over three years, overseeing domestic legal issues for eBay. Rob joined eBay in early 1999 after spending 11 years as a federal prosecutor with the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Rob served as the Chief of that office's Major Crimes unit, and handled several noteworthy espionage cases including the prosecution of CIA employee Aldrich Ames. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Harvard Law School. | 