Cookie stuffing
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Aug 22, 2026
Kim KomandoHOST
Yes.
Kim KomandoHOST
So the reason why we're bringing up Phoebe Gates is that her Slack messages in her company is that she actually ran a cookie stuffing campaign.
Kim KomandoHOST
Do you know what that is? Her app is where you can buy clothes.
Kim KomandoHOST
And when you click on an affiliate link, is that it's tied to her app.
Kim KomandoHOST
And so she'll get a commission off of that.
Kim KomandoHOST
But with cookie stuffing, basically, if you click the link and you come in from somebody else, is that...
Kim KomandoHOST
when you stuff the cookie, you put your affiliate code there anyway.
Kim KomandoHOST
So she's overlapping the other codes.
Jomi AdeniranGUEST
All right, all right, all right.
Tyler ParkerHOST
Phoebe's the subject of a Bloomberg investigation about alleged cookie stuffing, Jom.
Tyler ParkerHOST
She and Sophia Chiani are the co-founders of Phea.
Tyler ParkerHOST
This is an AI shopping comparison app that they...
Jason ConcepcionHOST
And...
Jason ConcepcionHOST
Certainly that seems like foreknowledge of this particular scheme.
Jason ConcepcionHOST
And then as soon as the valuation came in, some $185 million valuation, they turned it all off and have since not been answering questions regarding the cookie stuffing scheme.
Jomi AdeniranGUEST
My first and really only thought, it goes back to one string of bell.
Julian DoreyHOST
There, by the way, this is from Ak- uh, Akash Gupta on Twitter.
Julian DoreyHOST
He laid out that cookie stuffing has already sent two men to federal prison.
Julian DoreyHOST
Sean Hogan made 28 million as eBay's number one affiliate before the FBI raided his home.
Joey DeefHOST
Mm.
Julian DoreyHOST
We didn't do this.
Julian DoreyHOST
Oh! Oh, my God.
Julian DoreyHOST
There's some cookie stuffing going on.
Julian DoreyHOST
We had no idea."
Jason BishopHOST
It's all organized from the NFL.
Matt ValdezPANELIST
What is this? Bill Gates' daughter under fire over reported cookie stuffing scheme at her e-commerce startup.
Matt ValdezPANELIST
I don't
Eric BickelHOST
know what to say.
Matt ValdezPANELIST
Cookie stuffing? What does that mean? I don't know.
Matt ValdezPANELIST
I mean...
Matt ValdezPANELIST
Let me see.
Greg KretschmarHOST
She's 23.
Greg KretschmarHOST
Um, what'd she do? Apparently been caught admitting to cookie stuffing, which means basically they've been crediting this, uh, website with sales that it didn't drive, collecting human commissions for them.
Greg KretschmarHOST
Pretty serious corporate attorney commenting the allegations said cookie stuffing is quite, is, quote, "typically treated as a federal wire fraud in the U.S. courts."
Laura BoyceHOST
Wow.
Greg KretschmarHOST
Her, uh, her dad will step in and- [clears throat]
Laura BoyceHOST
Cookie stuffing
Greg KretschmarHOST
... there'll be, there'll be a new addition onto the Pentagon, and everything's fine.
Greg KretschmarHOST
[laughs] I'm not arguing.
SarahHOST
Her business partner.
SarahHOST
Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kyani have this thing called Phia, and they've apparently been caught admitting to cookie stuffing.
SarahHOST
What?
VinnieHOST
What now?
SarahHOST
Turn over your keyboard and see if you can find the hacking button and we'll try and figure it out."
VinnieHOST
Oof.
SarahHOST
Phoebe and her business partner, so this is Bill Gates's daughter, Phoebe Gates, and her business partner, Sophia Kyani, have something called Phia, and they've admitted to cookie stuffing, which basically means they've been crediting Phia with sales that it didn't drive and collecting commissions for them.
SarahHOST
I don't know what e-commerce covers.
Mark SimoneHOST
Phoebe Gates is 23, and she's now facing a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
Mark SimoneHOST
And what is the crime? Cookie stuffing.
Mark SimoneHOST
Ooh.
Mark SimoneHOST
Ooh.
Mark SimoneHOST
Cookie stuffing.
Mark SimoneHOST
It's a multi-billion dollar startup.
Mark SimoneHOST
Now, what the hell is cookie stuffing? There's digital crimes that none of us know about.
Mark SimoneHOST
Cookie stuffing is an illicit practice that if you have an online business...
Mark SimoneHOST
Phoebe Gates is 23, and she's now facing a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
Mark SimoneHOST
And what is the crime? Cookie stuffing.
Mark SimoneHOST
Ooh.
Mark SimoneHOST
Cookie stuffing.
Mark SimoneHOST
It's a multi-billion dollar startup.
Mark SimoneHOST
Now, what the hell is cookie stuffing? There's digital crimes that none of us know about.
Mark SimoneHOST
Cookie stuffing is an illicit practice that if you have an online business...
Mark SimoneHOST
You know, when they go to your computer, they put cookies into your computer and the cookies signal things.
Mark SimoneHOST
And she's now facing a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
Mark SimoneHOST
And what is the crime? Cookie stuffing.
Mark SimoneHOST
Ooh.
Mark SimoneHOST
Cookie stuffing.
Mark SimoneHOST
It's a multi-billion dollar startup.
Mark SimoneHOST
Now, what the hell is cookie stuffing? There's digital crimes that none of us know about.
Mark SimoneHOST
Cookie stuffing is an illicit practice that if you have an online business...
Mark SimoneHOST
You know, when they go to your computer, they put cookies into your computer and the cookies signal things.
Billy EdPANELIST
I'm, I'm assuming it'll, like, be the Orange Is the New Black kind of prison where Bill Gates' daughter will go
Kenny WebsterHOST
She was involved in cookie stuffing
Billy EdPANELIST
stuffingPhoebe Gates, not Kate from Fast Times at Ridgemont High-
Kenny WebsterHOST
You remember, she got a, had a big wedding a while ago.
Billy EdPANELIST
[laughs]
Kenny WebsterHOST
Yeah.
Billy EdPANELIST
Well, Phoebe and her business partner have apparently been caught admitting to what, you called it cookie stuffing.
Kenny WebsterHOST
Right.