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Posted on 08/12/2026 2:02:26 PM PDT by Libloather
Bill Gates’ “nepo baby” daughter Phoebe Gates, 23, has been accused of “cookie stuffing” at her multibillion-dollar startup, Phia – an illicit practice that comes with a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison, according to reports.
Phia – a digital personal shopping assistant co-founded by Gates with fellow Stanford alum Sophia Kianni – reacted with shock in July following reports that it was dropping more web “cookies” than it should, taking undue credit for online sales at retail partners.
The company released a statement that it had only learned of the issue “within the last 24 hours,” pledging to fix the glitch – but according to a new Bloomberg report, the young entrepreneurs had known for at least seven months that their startup was overcounting its sales commissions.
Ariel Givner, founder and principal attorney at Givner Law, warned in a post on X Tuesday that “cookie stuffing” can come with serious consequences.
“It’s typically treated as federal wire fraud in US courts. There’s a possibility of a max penalty of up to 20 years prison + fines/restitution,” Givner wrote.
A Phia spokesperson told The Post: “Any features causing misattributions were immediately removed over a month ago on July 7. We are reviewing every transaction, we are fully committed to and have already begun issuing all transaction reversals to brand partners as a result of any misattribution, and we are hiring a head of compliance to make sure something like this never happens again.
“We are now continuing to connect our users with items and offers from thousands of brand partners,” the spokesperson added. “We will learn from this and want to ensure our users have the best possible shopping experience, with features like our new digital closet and more to come.”
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Her cookies need stuffing............
Yuck. Something wrong here.
"Aren't those readily available everywhere?"
Yuck! She’s has the aura of parking lot for STDs with a side of serial killer.
“Glitch.”
She’s got a square jaw that Dick Tracy would envy!
I think Phoebe Cates has a much more pleasing countenance than this nepo baby, lol.
WE'RE NOT THE SAME.
One of the very elite, therefore above the law. Absolutely nothing will happen.
Don’t they have a vaccine against going to prison?
She is another Luigi Mangione.
Well that’s one way to put the Mr Potato Head pieces together.
Good looking girl, possibly a product of plastic surgery.
And of course entitled to everything including mass murder and your car for a getaway.
I have no idea what you just said. Which shows how stupid I am.
American climate activist.
Best thing that could happen is to lock her up for 20 years, she will do less damage.
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