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1. • • He led Uber's robocar project, only to be fired in 2017 over this case. Levandowski filed for bankruptcy in March this year because he owes $179m (£136m) to Google's parent company, Alphabet, for his actions.
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     Anthony Levandowski: Ex-Google engineer sentenced for theft - BBC

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   Why did Levandowski resign from Google?

   • Google accused Levandowski, one of the founding members of its self-driving car project, of downloading thousands of confidential files to a personal hard drive before resigning from the company. Levandowski left Google in January 2016 and launched Otto, an autonomous trucking startup. Otto was acquired by Uber later that year.

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   What happened to Levandowski?

   • Levandowski went on to run Uber's self-driving project, only to be fired in 2017 over the case. He denied the charges against him. In February 2017, Google's parent company, Alphabet, sued Uber over the theft in a case eventually settled in 2018.

   Ex-Google engineer among those pardoned by Donald Trump

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   Who is Anthony Levandowski?

   • US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco said Anthony Levandowski had carried out the "biggest trade secret crime I have ever seen". Levandowski loaded more than 14,000 Google files onto his laptop before leaving the firm in January 2016. He led Uber's robocar project, only to be fired in 2017 over this case.

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   How much did Google Pay Levandowski?

   • Levandowski was pardonedin January 2021 at the 11th-hour by out-going President Trump. Uber is not paying Google the full $179 million amount of the award; the exact figure was redacted in filings and is protected by a confidentiality clause. However, the physical size of the redacted figure suggests that it is less than $100 million.

   Inside the Uber and Google settlement with Anthony Levandowski

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   Could Anthony Levandowski be jailed for stealing trade secrets?

   • If federal prosecutors successfully prosecute Anthony Levandowski for 33 federal charges of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets, the self-driving engineer could face millions in fines and decades in prison.

   How Anthony Levandowski Put Himself at the Center of an Industry

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   Why did Uber fire Levandowski?

   • Uber said it fired Levandowski in May 2017 after he failed to meet a deadline to comply with an internal investigation into the allegations raised by the Google lawsuit. Uber and Waymo, Google’s self-driving unit, settled the lawsuit the following year. Uber declined to comment.

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3. techcrunch.com › 2022/02/15 › inside-the-uber-andInside the Uber and Google settlement with Anthony Levandowski

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   Feb 15, 2022 · Levandowski, an early pioneer in the AV industry left Google and started his own company Otto, which was quickly acquired by Uber in 2016. That acquisition would lead to a trade secrets theft...

4. www.digitalguardian.com › blog › engineer-behindEngineer Behind Google, Uber Trade Secret Theft Case Sentenced

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   Aug 22, 2024 · The case stems from an incident way back in 2016 in which Levandowski downloaded and copied files from Google onto his laptop and resigned. He then used that data to form a self-driving truck company, Otto, that eventually went on to be acquired by Uber.

5. www.nbcnews.com › tech › tech-newsFormer Google engineer gets 18 months in prison for stealing ...

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   Aug 5, 2020 · Levandowski filed for bankruptcy in March because he owes $179 million to Google for his actions before resigning in January 2016. Google last week asked the bankruptcy judge to...

6. www.wired.com › story › anthony-levandowski-putHow Anthony Levandowski Put Himself at the Center of an ...

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   Aug 29, 2019 · Thrun put Levandowski—the rare team member without a PhD—in charge of hardware, extending the unorthodox relationship between 510 Systems and Google. Levandowski’s company built Google’s ...

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   Aug 4, 2020 · Google accused Levandowski, one of the founding members of its self-driving car project, of downloading thousands of confidential files to a personal hard drive before resigning from the...

8. www.bbc.com › news › technology-55732450Ex-Google engineer among those pardoned by Donald Trump - BBC

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   Jan 20, 2021 · A former Google engineer sentenced to 18 months in prison is among those pardoned by US President Donald Trump as he leaves office. Anthony Levandowski stole information about self-driving cars...