<story><title>Former Netflix executive convicted of receiving bribes from contractors</title><url>https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-netflix-executive-convicted-receiving-bribes-and-kickbacks-companies-contracting</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ugwigr</author><text>in the comment? how many people would read his comment versus the subject line?&lt;p&gt;Also the fact that he can fundamentally change what a user posts and then choose whether or not to disclose it in comment section is a flaw.</text></item><item><author>jacquesm</author><text>He did just that.</text></item><item><author>ugwigr</author><text>add an indicator to indicate the admin changed what I (@ugwigr) posted. Materially changing the content your users post is wrong.</text></item><item><author>dang</author><text>We&amp;#x27;ve changed the URL to that from &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.businessofbusiness.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;why-a-former-netflix-exec-facing-7-years-in-prison-for-bribery-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-startups&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.businessofbusiness.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;why-a-former-net...&lt;/a&gt;. Thanks!</text></item><item><author>tptacek</author><text>The DOJ press release is clearer than this article is:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justice.gov&amp;#x2F;usao-ndca&amp;#x2F;pr&amp;#x2F;former-netflix-executive-convicted-receiving-bribes-and-kickbacks-companies-contracting&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justice.gov&amp;#x2F;usao-ndca&amp;#x2F;pr&amp;#x2F;former-netflix-executiv...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some fun details:&lt;p&gt;Kail did his criming through a shell LLC he set up called &amp;quot;Unix Mercenary&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;He took between 10-15% of the total billings for each of the companies he hooked up with this scheme. None of those companies were charged (more&amp;#x27;s the pity).&lt;p&gt;They got him on mail fraud, wire fraud, honest services fraud, and money laundering. The victim of the fraud was, of course, Netflix itself.&lt;p&gt;Additional fun facts from PACER:&lt;p&gt;He&amp;#x27;s seeking to exclude his shares in Sumo Logic and Netskope from forfeiture, arguing that they were largely the result of his own hard work, which takes some serious chutzpah.&lt;p&gt;All of this apparently happened back in 2014 (the conviction is recent). If you&amp;#x27;re wondering what Netflix thought of all this, Kail apparently left Netflix for a job at Yahoo, from which he was fired after Netflix found out about his scheme and told Yahoo.&lt;p&gt;Kail&amp;#x27;s sentencing memorandum is a fun read (again: chutzpah). For instance, this gem:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Further, though Mr. Kail complained of problems with Sumologic (as one would see with any new startup), the product itself was “useful,” according to Ashi Sheth. (R.T. Vol. 8, p. 1670-71). As described below, at the time, Sumologic saved Netflix from paying for a far more expensive and inferior product called Splunk.&lt;/i&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>batch12</author><text>I wholeheartedly disagreed until I saw your point (I think). The post still has your name beside it and you disagree with someone changing your words. While I don&amp;#x27;t find it a big deal with this, I kinda agree in spirit. Maybe the poster name should be changed too. However,  folks would then be upset about not getting their sweet, sweet karma.</text></comment>
<story><title>Former Netflix executive convicted of receiving bribes from contractors</title><url>https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-netflix-executive-convicted-receiving-bribes-and-kickbacks-companies-contracting</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ugwigr</author><text>in the comment? how many people would read his comment versus the subject line?&lt;p&gt;Also the fact that he can fundamentally change what a user posts and then choose whether or not to disclose it in comment section is a flaw.</text></item><item><author>jacquesm</author><text>He did just that.</text></item><item><author>ugwigr</author><text>add an indicator to indicate the admin changed what I (@ugwigr) posted. Materially changing the content your users post is wrong.</text></item><item><author>dang</author><text>We&amp;#x27;ve changed the URL to that from &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.businessofbusiness.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;why-a-former-netflix-exec-facing-7-years-in-prison-for-bribery-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-startups&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.businessofbusiness.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;why-a-former-net...&lt;/a&gt;. Thanks!</text></item><item><author>tptacek</author><text>The DOJ press release is clearer than this article is:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justice.gov&amp;#x2F;usao-ndca&amp;#x2F;pr&amp;#x2F;former-netflix-executive-convicted-receiving-bribes-and-kickbacks-companies-contracting&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justice.gov&amp;#x2F;usao-ndca&amp;#x2F;pr&amp;#x2F;former-netflix-executiv...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some fun details:&lt;p&gt;Kail did his criming through a shell LLC he set up called &amp;quot;Unix Mercenary&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;He took between 10-15% of the total billings for each of the companies he hooked up with this scheme. None of those companies were charged (more&amp;#x27;s the pity).&lt;p&gt;They got him on mail fraud, wire fraud, honest services fraud, and money laundering. The victim of the fraud was, of course, Netflix itself.&lt;p&gt;Additional fun facts from PACER:&lt;p&gt;He&amp;#x27;s seeking to exclude his shares in Sumo Logic and Netskope from forfeiture, arguing that they were largely the result of his own hard work, which takes some serious chutzpah.&lt;p&gt;All of this apparently happened back in 2014 (the conviction is recent). If you&amp;#x27;re wondering what Netflix thought of all this, Kail apparently left Netflix for a job at Yahoo, from which he was fired after Netflix found out about his scheme and told Yahoo.&lt;p&gt;Kail&amp;#x27;s sentencing memorandum is a fun read (again: chutzpah). For instance, this gem:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Further, though Mr. Kail complained of problems with Sumologic (as one would see with any new startup), the product itself was “useful,” according to Ashi Sheth. (R.T. Vol. 8, p. 1670-71). As described below, at the time, Sumologic saved Netflix from paying for a far more expensive and inferior product called Splunk.&lt;/i&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jacquesm</author><text>Entitlement is a flaw.</text></comment>