Former Google engineer argues prison term is a ‘death sentence’

US government lawyers said that Anthony Levandowski's punishment for stealing trade secrets from Google as he defected for Uber Technologies Inc is an important lesson to deter 'brazen and shocking' conduct in Silicon Valley. — AFP

US prosecutors say Anthony Levandowski should spend 27 months in prison. The autonomous-driving engineer argues that at the height of the coronavirus, that could be a "death sentence”.

Ahead of Levandowski’s sentencing next week, government lawyers told a judge that his punishment for stealing trade secrets from Google as he defected for Uber Technologies Inc is an important lesson to deter "brazen and shocking” conduct in Silicon Valley.