Anthony Levandowski, a former Uber exec who oversaw its self-driving efforts, was charged by federal prosecutors with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets from his former employer, Google
Anthony Levandowski, a former Uber exec who oversaw its self-driving efforts, was charged by federal prosecutors on Tuesday with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets from his former employer, Google.
He self-surrendered to law enforcement following the indictment, according to a law enforcement official.Levandowski, a star tech executive, was at the center of a high-profile lawsuit filed by Google against Uber in 2017. Google accused Levandowski, one of the founding members of its self-driving car project, of downloading thousands of confidential files to a personal hard drive before resigning from the company.
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