But on Tuesday, Levandowski’s fall from grace was capped when he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing self-driving car trade secrets from Google. Levandowski, 40, also agreed to pay $756,499 to Waymo, a self-driving business spun out of Google, as restitution. He had filed for bankruptcy in March, saying he had $50 million to $100 million in personal assets. Uber and Waymo eventually settled, with Uber handing Waymo roughly $245 million in Uber stock. Last August, federal prosecutors charged him with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets from Google.

Source: bd News24 August 05, 2020 04:41 UTC