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Netflix Executive Sentenced to 30 Months for 700K Bribes, Kickbacks from Vendors

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Re: Netflix Executive Sentenced to 30 Months for 700K Bribes, Kickbacks from Vendors

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Post by sizzle »

kingcharles wrote: post #166
dustymcp wrote: post #148

Imagine the money he has to pay in prison for protection

I know this is just an off-the-cuff quip, but the real answer is probably zero. He's minimum security. He's going to have very little problems like this, even as a rich white guy. When I was locked up, I was in Max with mostly murderers. I got tricked out of a $10 phone card in my first week, and the guy said he'd protect me as a thank you. After I realized I'd been dumb I never made that mistake again. I found just…

Wow don’t mean to pry, but how long were you there for? Is it like the movies where you have to find your ethnic race clique and they protect you?

What would you change about the prison system? Do you think mental health treatment would help reduce the prison population from repeat offenders?

Re: Netflix Executive Sentenced to 30 Months for 700K Bribes, Kickbacks from Vendors

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Post by kingcharles »

sizzle wrote: post #251
kingcharles wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know this is just an off-the-cuff quip, but the real answer is probably zero. He's minimum security. He's going to have very little problems like this, even as a rich white guy. When I was locked up, I was in Max with mostly murderers. I got tricked out of a $10 phone card in my first week, and the guy said he'd protect me as a thank you. After I realized I'd been dumb I never made that mistake again. I found just…

Wow don’t mean to pry, but how long were you there for? Is it like the movies where you have to find your ethnic race clique and they protect you? What would you change about the prison system? Do you think mental health treatment would help reduce the prison population from repeat offenders?

I was in for 8 years, 1 month. I was never convicted. I was just in jail because I didn't have the money to bail out, otherwise I would not have spent a day inside.

It's not like the movies at all. All the races talked to each other and were pretty respectful. If there was a fight it was usually enforced to be only one-on-one. Every now and again someone from a person's gang would back him up in a fight, but it wasn't necessarily race-specific as the gangs have become very multicultural - you'll find Latino gangs with blacks and vice-versa. Often it's because people are so mixed now - is the guy black, mixed, Latino? Who knows?

I would change the prison system by practically abolishing the prison system. I don't think putting people in a box helps them. Almost every single person I met in jail was in there because of a raft of mental health issues that made it so their brain said committing a crime was OK and fuck the possible consequences. We need vastly more mental health support, especially for men who typically are not open about their weaknesses.

Re: Netflix Executive Sentenced to 30 Months for 700K Bribes, Kickbacks from Vendors

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Post by duffpkg »

twelve40 wrote: post #241
duffpkg wrote: post #185

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After losing some deals that just seemed like there was no credible way we could lose, better "product", better price, better team, etc. You start asking hard questions about all the people involved and eventually someome will confidentially explain what happened. Especially people who actually need to work with the worse vendor that just got selected. If you read through the settlement I linked ("The settlement also…

i'm far away from b2b sales so this is pretty shocking and thanks for sharing, but couldn't "kickbacks to certain customers in exchange for promoting its product" be something like "leave us a testimonial and we'll cut you a deal"? Is it legal to, say, pay for references and testimonials?

If you consult the details you will find the allegations are of direct payments, trips, and other hard assets up to and including duffle bags full of cash.

Re: Netflix Executive Sentenced to 30 Months for 700K Bribes, Kickbacks from Vendors

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Post by sizzle »

kingcharles wrote: post #252
sizzle wrote: post #251

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow don’t mean to pry, but how long were you there for? Is it like the movies where you have to find your ethnic race clique and they protect you? What would you change about the prison system? Do you think mental health treatment would help reduce the prison population from repeat offenders?

I was in for 8 years, 1 month. I was never convicted. I was just in jail because I didn't have the money to bail out, otherwise I would not have spent a day inside. It's not like the movies at all. All the races talked to each other and were pretty respectful. If there was a fight it was usually enforced to be only one-on-one. Every now and again someone from a person's gang would back him up in a fight, but it wasn'…

Thanks for sharing I hope you can influence prison reform from your experience

Re: Netflix Executive Sentenced to 30 Months for 700K Bribes, Kickbacks from Vendors

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Post by citizenpaul »

DFHippie wrote: post #176
citizenpaul wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This was pay to play and the play was not delivered. Hence the blowback from upset "victims" coming after their money. Kickbacks are common sorry man. Its harder in public sector because of the eyeson you but there are ways around it. You just have to be in the right position. Kickbacks are almost never posecuted because both sidea get what they want.

There are more than two sides.

Yes and no. As a thought exercise it can be thought of as two parties even if you have to pay off more than one entity in the real world.

Its part of the reason gov projects are almost always over budget and behind schedule. The only way to prevent corruption is to make the corruption more expensive than just paying upfront. However by putting these endless bureaucracies in place it also raises the total cost of the project.

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