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> This guy has not raped anyone, assaulted anyone.. In my mind his crime is much more severe than shoplifting or paying by fake banknotes. > why do we taxpaye

> This guy has not raped anyone, assaulted anyone.. In my mind his crime is much more severe than shoplifting or paying by fake banknotes. > why do we taxpayers need to pay Both, Netflix as a company, and its shareholders are also tax payers, and can expect to be protected from fraud/crimes using taxpayers money.

caffeine 6y ago
I guess I don't understand why it's a crime and not just a breach of contract. Imagine if rather than an employee this was a consulting firm that had done the exact same thing (taken payments for signing Netflix up to unnecessary contracts). Nobody would be going to jail, they would just sue the consultancy, which might go out of business.
- riku_iki 6y ago
  I don't have details in my hands, only pure speculations, but it is likely possible to check on which counts this case has been classified as a criminal offense.
- mywittyname 6y ago
  Because there are laws prohibiting exactly what he did. It's really that simple. There are laws against doing a thing, he did the thing and got caught. Go to jail, do not cross Go, give back the $500,000.
  - throwaway0a5e 6y ago
    >Because there are laws prohibiting exactly what he did. It's really that simple. Ok, but that's just an appeal to authority, what's the moral grounding for those laws? Of course lying and being deceitful for personal gain is wrong but why is it a criminal matter when an individual does it but a civil matter when a group does it?
    - riku_iki 6y ago
      > but a civil matter when a group does it? Group also has decision makers who can be criminally prosecuted in case of some fraud committed.
- burntoutfire 6y ago
  Some highly unethical and socially destructive behaviors are covered by the criminal law as an extra deterrent (aside from the usual civil case). Crooks in positions of high power (even in the private sector) are very destructive for the society, so it makes sense to criminally punish bribery.

caffeine 6y ago

I guess I don't understand why it's a crime and not just a breach of contract. Imagine if rather than an employee this was a consulting firm that had done the exact same thing (taken payments for signing Netflix up to unnecessary contracts). Nobody would be going to jail, they would just sue the consultancy, which might go out of business.

riku_iki 6y ago
I don't have details in my hands, only pure speculations, but it is likely possible to check on which counts this case has been classified as a criminal offense.
mywittyname 6y ago
Because there are laws prohibiting exactly what he did. It's really that simple. There are laws against doing a thing, he did the thing and got caught. Go to jail, do not cross Go, give back the $500,000.
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago
  >Because there are laws prohibiting exactly what he did. It's really that simple. Ok, but that's just an appeal to authority, what's the moral grounding for those laws? Of course lying and being deceitful for personal gain is wrong but why is it a criminal matter when an individual does it but a civil matter when a group does it?
  - riku_iki 6y ago
    > but a civil matter when a group does it? Group also has decision makers who can be criminally prosecuted in case of some fraud committed.
burntoutfire 6y ago
Some highly unethical and socially destructive behaviors are covered by the criminal law as an extra deterrent (aside from the usual civil case). Crooks in positions of high power (even in the private sector) are very destructive for the society, so it makes sense to criminally punish bribery.