Anthony Levandowski, a former Uber executive who oversaw its self-driving vehicle efforts, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing an internal document from Google related to its self-driving car program
"This is the biggest trade secret crime I have ever seen. This was not small. This was massive in scale," said US District Judge William Alsup in sentencing Levandowski on one count of trade secret theft, according to a Department of Justice press release.As part of the sentencing, Levandowski is fined $95,000 and ordered to pay $756,499.22 in restitution to Google's self-driving car unit, Waymo.
"Anthony deeply regrets his past decisions and, while we are saddened that he will to have to spend time in prison, Anthony remains committed to his life's mission of building innovative technologies to improve people's lives."Ex-Uber self-driving head files for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay Google $179 million Levandowski, a star tech executive, was at the center of a high-profile lawsuit filed by Google against Uber in 2017.
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