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Former Uber Exec Indicted On Federal Charges
He faces up to 10 years and a fine of $250,000, plus restitution, for each violation.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA ā A former Uber executive credited with co-founding a self-driving car project for Google has been indicted for alleged theft of trade secrets from the search giant, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Anthony Levandowski worked at Google from 2009 to 2016 creating fully autonomous vehicle technology for Project Chauffeur. The project ultimately became Waymo, operating under Google's parent company Alphabet Inc.
The indictment alleges that after Levandowski left Google, he stole and downloaded several repositories of trade secrets regarding self-driving technology.
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The theft is estimated to be valued at hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a civil suit settled between Waymo and Uber in 2018.
Levandowski, who was at the center of the lawsuit, surrendered to law enforcement at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building courthouse in San Jose on Tuesday morning.
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"For more than a decade, Anthony Levandowski has been an industry-leading innovator in self-driving car and truck technologies," Levandowski's attorney Miles Ehrlich said in front of the courthouse Tuesday.
"Anthony is innocent and we look forward to proving it in trial."
Levandowski is scheduled to appear in federal court for his arraignment Tuesday afternoon.
"If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum sentence of 10 years and a fine of $250,000, plus restitution, for each violation of 18 U.S.C. Ā§ 1832," the US Attorney's Office reports.
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