Former Uber self-driving head agrees to plea deal over Google secrets

Levandowski, shown after his arraignment in San Jose, Calif., in Aug. 2019, filed for bankruptcy on March 4 to negotiate debts. He has also agreed to pay nearly $756,500 in restitution to cover costs Alphabet bore assisting the government's investigation, according to court papers. (REUTERS)

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March 20, 2020 12:48 AM

SAN FRANCISCO -- Engineer Anthony Levandowski, known for advancing self-driving car technology in the last decade, agreed to plead guilty on Thursday to taking sensitive documents from his former employer Google before joining rival Uber Technologies Inc.

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