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Former Netflix Executive Convicted of Receiving Bribes and Kickbacks

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In June 2012, he became an advisor and received options for shares in the company Sumo Logic, Inc. The next month, Kail authorized and signed on behalf of Netflix a vendor agreement between Netflix and Sumo Logic.

Few months later:

https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/28/log-data-management-and-an...

Less than a year after the company’s public launch, Sumo Logic has closed a number of large-scale enterprise client deals including Netflix

No repercussions for Sumo Logic at this point - they IPO'ed in September 2020 -- https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SUMO

So bribes are only legal when given to politicians? (AKA lobbying) Got to like this new-speak

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