tl;dr The Netflix suit says Kail, who joined the company in 2011, arranged Netflix contracts with IT service companies Vistara and NetEnrich, and then p

tl;dr The Netflix suit says Kail, who joined the company in 2011, arranged Netflix contracts with IT service companies Vistara and NetEnrich, and then pocketed commissions of 12 percent to 15 percent of the monthly fees Netflix paid each company. Netflix says it paid the two companies a total of $3.7 million from 2012 until Kail’s departure, which would mean he could have collected between $450,000 and $560,000. The suit says he funneled the payments to “Unix Mercenary,” a consulting company he controls. Netflix said Kail approved all payments made to vendors. if true, that's pretty damn shady. And stupid, frankly -- was $0.5m worth fucking your life up? I bet that's about his annual salary. I have to be honest: risking destroying my career, or jail time, for my annual salary isn't even a tiny temptation. You have to get up in the low millions before I need to think about it before saying no...