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


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  • Wednesday, 28 Aug 2019

Former Google and Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski leaves the federal court after his arraignment hearing in San Jose, California, U.S. August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

Anthony Levandowski, a pioneer in self-driving car technology, was criminally charged on Aug 27 with stealing trade secrets from his former employer Google before joining rival Uber Technologies Inc.

The 33-count indictment made public by the US 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.

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