French court fines Uber for running illegal taxi service
by Reuters from Technology | The Guardian on (#1GN09)
Paris criminal court fines Uber a800,000 and finds two executives guilty of deceptive commercial practices
A French court has fined Uber and two of its executives for running an illegal transport service with non-professional drivers in the first such criminal case in Europe.
The UberPop service connected clients via a smartphone app with non-professional drivers using their own cars. Uber France suspended the service last year after the government banned it under pressure from licensed taxi drivers.
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