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A former Uber and Google executive has been indicted on accusations of stealing self-driving-car tech (UBER, GOOGL)

The former Google and Uber executive at the center of a massive self-driving-car controversy was indicted on charges of stealing trade secrets, US officials said Tuesday.
Anthony Levandowski is accused of stealing 14,000 confidential files when he left Waymo, Google's self-driving-car startup, in 2016, the US Department of Justice said.
If convicted, he could face decades in prison and hefty fines, prosecutors said.
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