January 21, 2022
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.
December 14, 2021
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.
October 13, 2021
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.
June 09, 2021
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.
May 26, 2021
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.
April 30, 2021
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.
April 23, 2021
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.
April 20, 2021
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.
April 19, 2021
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.
April 16, 2021
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.