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Ex-Netflix VP guilty of fraud after taking $500K in bribes and kickbacks from tech companies for streaming contracts
Luke Kenton
1 May 2021, 22:22
A FORMER Netflix executive has been found guilty of fraud after accepting more than $500,000 in bribes and kickbacks while overseeing the streaming giant s internet technology department.
Michael Kail, 49, was found guilty by a federal jury on Friday of accepting lucrative stock options and more than a half-million dollars in bribes from tech companies to approve IT contracts with Netflix.
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Michael Kail, 49, was vice president of internet technology at Netflix between 2011 and 2014Credit: Quora
Kail, who was vice president of internet technology at Netflix between 2011 and 2014, was indicted in 2018 on 19 counts of wire fraud, three counts of mail fraud, and seven counts of money laundering.
Horse named after Breonna Taylor wins Churchill Downs as Kentucky Derby returns
Updated: 2 May 2021, 5:12
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A HORSE named after Breonna Taylor, the medical worker fatally shot by police in Louisville, won a Derby Week race at Churchill Downs on Saturday.
The three-year-old filly Breonna is owned by JS Stables, a racing operation that is owned by the Taylor family’s attorney Sam Aguiar and his wife Janelle Aguiar.
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Aguiar observed the race at his office with Taylor’s mother Tamika PalmerCredit: Twitter/TwinSpires Racing
Aguiar watched the race at his office with Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, according to CNN affiliate WAVE.
Rudy Giuliani slammed the New York Times, Washington Post and NBC as fake news Credit: AP
On Saturday, the Times, Post and NBC all issued retractions about their reporting that claimed Giuliani received a formal warning from the FBI about Russian disinformation.
The outlet s clarified that Giuliani did not receive the so-called defensive briefing.
Giuliani seized on the corrections, demanding the Times and Washington Post to reveal their sources . On a Saturday, the Washington Post added this correction to their defamatory story about me. The Washington Post and the NYT must reveal their sources who lied and targeted an American Citizen.