From TFA: Evidence at trial showed that several more companies paid Kail. Neither Netenrich, Vistara, nor any of the other companies were charged with cri

From TFA: Evidence at trial showed that several more companies paid Kail. Neither Netenrich, Vistara, nor any of the other companies were charged with criminal conduct. Only Kail was charged with devising the criminal scheme that defrauded Netflix. Since Kail was charged for wire fraud and mail fraud (deceiving Netflix about his personal compensation and conflicts of interest), it seems possible that the companies could be charged with "conspiracy to commit wire fraud" for colluding with him? It's hard for me to say exactly how easy this would be to prove—I think it's pretty clear to say that most companies / people should know that paying someone on the side for inside information on competitors or paying the VP a % of all contracts is an act to defraud Netflix. So the "meeting of the minds" to commit fraud is there, and the actual fraud is there (because one of the participants in the conspiracy committed it). But obviously this stuff is complicated and i'm not a lawyer. Also, the companies themselves would probably be pretty hard to charge, rather than the individual sales reps who signed off on the payments.