US government charges Anthony Levandowski, a former star engineer at Google and Uber, with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft of Google trade secrets
this time in criminal court Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : Former Waymo lidar lead Anthony Levandowski charged with stealing trade secrets Sasha Lekach / Mashable : Former Google and Uber exec faces up to 10 years in jail over self-driving car trade secrets Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg : Ex-Uber Engineer Levandowski Charged by U.S. in Waymo Case Shaun Nichols / The Register : Otto man thrown under the bus: 33 crim trade secret theft charges for ex-Uber exec Anthony Levandowski Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet : Former Uber engineer Levandowski charged with theft of Google trade secrets Abner Li / 9to5Google : Federal prosecutors charge Anthony Levandowski for stealing Google self-driving secrets VentureBeat : U.S. DoJ indicts former Alphabet engineer for stealing self-driving car secrets from Waymo Igor Bonifacic / Engadget : Feds charge former Waymo engineer with 33 counts of stealing trade secrets Mikael Thalen / The Daily Dot : Ex-Google and Uber engineer charged with stealing trade secrets Harrison Weber / Fast Company : Self-driving car trailblazer Anthony Levandowski charged with stealing trade secrets from Google Tweets: Mrd / @meganrosedickey : Levandowski is out as CEO of @prontoai Statement from company here: https://twitter.com/... Chris Anderson / @chr1sa : Biggest shocker in the indictment: Google was still using Subversion version control in 2015 https://twitter.com/... @nytimestech : It is not uncommon for tech companies, which fiercely guard their intellectual property, to sue former employees or the firms they join after they leave. But criminal charges against a senior executive for theft are unusual. https://www.nytimes.com/... Kate Conger / @kateconger : Levandowski has stepped down as CEO of his current self-driving company, Pronto AI. Luther Lowe / @lutherlowe : As @NewYorker noted last October, the basis of this Levandowski indictment was Google's bitter legal team lobbying DOJ & handing over all their ammo gift wrapped. Yet it was Google's call to abruptly settle the day before Larry Page was set to take stand. https://www.techmeme.com/... https://twitter.com/... @rizzn : This guy pissed off the wrong people in Silicon Valley. One thing folks don't realize is how litigious and vindictive the players in SV are. I'm glad crypto has fallen out of favor there. It'll leave it to grow in less harsh climates elsewhere. https://www.techmeme.com/... Rat King / @mikeisaac : here is a statement from Anthony Levandowski's attorney on behalf of his client: https://twitter.com/... Johana Bhuiyan / @jmbooyah : Uber statement: “We've cooperated with the government throughout their investigation and will continue to do so.” Rat King / @mikeisaac : John Bennett, FBI special agent in charge of SF Division: “The bay area has the best and brightest engineers and they take big risks. But Silicon Valley is not the wild west. The fast paced and competitive invironment does not mean federal laws do not apply.” Lindsey Barrett / @lam_barrett : he otto've not stolen those trade secrets send tweet https://twitter.com/... Sally Shin / @sallyshin : BREAKING: DOJ announces the criminal indictment of Anthony Levandowski for taking trade secrets to Uber from Google. Indictment alleges Levandowski downloaded over 14,000 Google files and transferred those files to his personal laptop. h/t @paayalzaveri Rat King / @mikeisaac : press conference in San Jose by the US Attorney's office in San Francisco and the FBI Levandowski was reportedly arrested this morning USAO David L Anderson briefing at the moment https://twitter.com/...