Netflix sues former vice-president of IT
Netflix has reportedly sued former vice president of information technology operations Mike Kail – who now works at Yahoo – alleging that he took kickbacks from vendors while working for the SVoD service.
According to reports by tech site re/code and the Wall Street Journal, Kail was accused of fraud, breach of fiduciary duties and other improper actions.
Netflix alleges that Kail accepted commissions of 12% to 15% on monthly fees paid to two IT service companies, VistaraIT and NetEnrich, between 2012 and this year.
The lawsuit was filed in a California Superior Court earlier this week. Kail currently works as chief information officer at Yahoo.