Ex-Google engineer indicted for stealing self-driving car secrets, pleads not guilty

Record ID: 1429040

  • Title: Ex-Google engineer indicted for stealing self-driving car secrets, pleads not guilty
  • Date: 28th August 2019
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE USING UBER APP AND RIDING IN UBER
  • Embargoed: 11th September 2019 03:12
  • Keywords: Anthony Levandowski self-driving car technology court charged stealing trade secrets Google Uber
  • Location: SAN JOSE, LOS ANGELES AND MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA AND CHANDLER, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES
  • City: SAN JOSE, LOS ANGELES AND MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA AND CHANDLER, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA005ATZWAIV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Anthony Levandowski, a pioneer in self-driving car technology, was criminally charged on Tuesday (August 27) with stealing trade secrets from his former employer Google before joining rival Uber Technologies Inc.
    The 33-count indictment made public by the U.S. Department of Justice largely mirrors allegations that the Waymo unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc , where Levandowski had worked, made in a 2017 civil lawsuit against Uber, which later settled.
    His lawyers said Levandowski stole nothing, and that they looked forward to proving his innocence at trial.
    Levandowski, 39, pleaded not guilty to the charges through one of his lawyers, at an arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins in San Jose, California.
    The judge set a preliminary bail package of $300,000 cash and the pledging as collateral of two properties worth $2 million. Another hearing to set final bail terms was scheduled for Sept. 4, as government lawyers said they needed more time to assess Levandowski's finances.
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