Yes at Google

A true story about a pair of Google engineers named Raphael Costa and Brian Chen.

Summary

Raphael Costa and Brian Chen have been stalking and harassing their coworker (Duckie, pseudonym) for the past two years, by:

  • Finding her new apartment address after she stopped hanging out with them.
  • Moving into the apartment above hers and using thermal imaging cameras to watch her within her apartment.
  • Following her around her apartment with footsteps and other loud noises and using those noises to emphasize phrases like "hoe," "bitch," "you talk too much," die," "killing spree," and "strangled."
  • Repeatedly breaking into her apartment to install tracking software on her phone and laptop.
  • Using spyware to listen in on her therapy sessions and other conversations, track her location and online activity, and watch her through her phone and laptop cameras, including times when she was undressed.
  • Using malware to alter the social media, texts, and other messages shown on her phone and laptop.
  • Intercepting and rerouting her phone calls when she tries to call for help.
  • Stealing, breaking, or moving various items in her car and apartment.
  • Following her to another apartment when she moved a third time.
  • Using her personal information to spread misinformation about her to her family, friends, and coworkers.
  • Convincing her family, friends, and coworkers to help harass her.
  • Impersonating her family, friends, and coworkers and sent her offensive and insulting social media messages.
  • Impersonating managers at Google and threatening to have her fired.
  • Deliberately made her work life as uncomfortable as possible and pressured her to quit.
  • Communicating with her therapist, personal trainer, and class instructors and sabotaging her attempts to improve her mental health.
  • Trying to make her think she's crazy by hiring actors to follow her around, hiring influencers to make tailored content, and deliberately inducing unexpected behavior on her electronic devices.
  • Breaking into multiple locked boxes in her apartment to read her handwritten journals.
  • Breaking into her apartment to access a broken phone and retrieve explicit selfies.
  • Threatening to release her device activity, browser history, and explicit selfies.
  • Threatening to steal her dog, commit identity theft, and sue her for defamation.
  • Threatening to have her sent to a psych ward, arrested, or assassinated.
  • Repeatedly telling her that they would never stop and encouraging her to commit suicide.
  • Breaking her car window after she reported them to HR.
A photo of Iulia Chiriac

Iulia Chiriac (LinkedIn)

Iulia Chiriac was Raphael Costa's skip-level manager from early 2022 to late 2024. She:

  • repeatedly tried to set up Duckie with a 40-something year old colleague, while Duckie was still in her 20s.
  • co-opted events her other engineers were hosted to wingman the older colleague.
  • utilized information Raphael obtained from stalking Duckie to try to convince Duckie to join her team.
  • did nothing as Raphael encouraged the rest of their team to hit on and harass Duckie.
  • suggested that Duckie handle things on her own after she informed Iulia about the unwanted attention in early 2024.
  • mocked Duckie's pay cut in front of a group of colleagues after Duckie declined to switch teams.
  • shared information Raphael obtained from stalking with Duckie's manager.
  • continued to wingman her engineers after Duckie had already complained about the unwanted attention.
  • continued to do nothing after Duckie reported the stalking and harassment to HR.
  • pinged Duckie immediately after Duckie posted a message on LinkedIn about the harassment in March 2025, even though Duckie removed her as a connection in 2024.
  • is the reason why Raphael is still employed at Google.