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  1. January 21, 2022

    Ex-Netflix Exec Wants Bribe Sentence Delayed For Appeal

    A former Netflix executive asked a California federal judge Thursday to delay the start of his 2½-year prison sentence while he appeals a jury verdict convicting him of taking kickbacks from vendors in exchange for lucrative contracts with the streaming giant.

  2. December 14, 2021

    Ex-Netflix Exec Sentenced To 2.5 Years For Bribery Scheme

    A California federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a former Netflix executive to two and a half years in prison for taking kickbacks from vendors, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.

  3. October 13, 2021

    Feds Eye Silicon Valley Deterrence With Netflix Bribe Sentence

    Prosecutors told a California federal judge Tuesday that a convicted former Netflix executive should spend seven years in prison for taking kickbacks from vendors, saying the sentence will send a message to other wayward Silicon Valley executives.

  4. June 09, 2021

    Netflix Exec's Acquittal Bid Gets Bad Review From Feds

    Federal prosecutors urged a California judge on Tuesday not to play the role of "13th juror" by overruling the panel that unanimously convicted a former Netflix executive of taking kickbacks from vendors.

  5. May 26, 2021

    Ex-Netflix Exec Says Fraud Conviction Should Be Tossed

    Former Netflix executive Michael Kail urged a California federal judge on Tuesday to grant him an acquittal or a new trial after a jury convicted him of money laundering and bribery, arguing that the government did not prove he was involved in a scheme to defraud Netflix.

  6. April 30, 2021

    Calif. Jury Convicts Ex-Netflix Exec Of Taking Bribes

    A California federal jury convicted an ex-Netflix executive Friday of money laundering and bribery for accepting stock options, cash payments and gifts from third-party vendors in exchange for lucrative contracts with the streaming giant, wrapping a weekslong criminal trial.

  7. April 23, 2021

    Ex-Netflix Exec's Criminal Bribery Case Goes To Jury

    Prosecutors urged a California federal jury to find an ex-Netflix executive guilty of accepting bribes from third-party vendors in exchange for lucrative contracts as a criminal trial wrapped Friday, while his counsel argued that his conduct may have been a "little shady" but wasn't illegal.

  8. April 20, 2021

    Ex-Netflix Exec Quit After CEO Raised Conflict Issue, Jury Told

    Netflix's former chief financial officer testified in a bribery trial Tuesday that a former executive denied receiving benefits from third-party vendors when the company's CEO confronted him about potential conflicts and then quit Netflix "relatively quickly" thereafter.

  9. April 19, 2021

    Ex-Netflix Exec Hid Commissions From Colleague, Jury Told

    A California federal jury heard testimony during a criminal bribery trial on Monday that a former Netflix executive never disclosed to an account manager that he was receiving a 12% commission on the third-party contractor's account with Netflix.

  10. April 16, 2021

    Witness In Ex-Netflix Exec Bribery Trial Has COVID, Jury Told

    A California federal judge told jurors Friday that a witness who testified recently in an in-person bribery trial against a former Netflix executive has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and was asymptomatic, adding that the witness had been vaccinated a week earlier.

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