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Dec. 15, 2021

Former Netflix executive sentenced to prison for bribes

Michael Kail was convicted of taking more than $500,000 from company venders

A former vice president at Netflix was sentenced Tuesday to serve 30 months in federal prison after being convicted of federal charges for taking bribes from vendors to the streaming service.

Federal Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the Northern District of California also ordered Michael Kail to forfeit $700,000, pay a $50,000 fine and to serve three years of probation upon his...

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