Donald Trump pardons former Google engineer who stole self-driving car secrets and went to Uber
Donald Trump pardons former Google engineer who stole self-driving car secrets and went to Uber
The White House in a statement said that Levandowski had paid a significant price for his actions and plans to devote his talents to advance the public good.
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Outgoing US President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski.
Levandowski was found guilty of stealing the company’s self-driving car technology and was sentenced to 18 months in prison in August 2020.
Trump has issued a series of pardons on the last day of his administration including people who worked on his campaign.
Embezzler who swindled Marin philanthropist gets prison [The Marin Independent Journal, Novato, Calif.]
Dec. 27 An East Bay man was sentenced to four years in prison for embezzling more than $800,000 from a Marin County philanthropist and her charitable foundation.
Michael Livingston Henry, 45, of Oakland worked as the woman’s office assistant from 2006 to 2018. The philanthropist and the foundation were based in Tiburon and then Bolinas, according to court records.
“While employed there, Henry stole in excess of $800,000 by forging the philanthropist’s signature on hundreds of checks, many of which were made out to Henry personally or to his side business, Hella,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco said in an sentencing announcement.