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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by openasocket on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:43PM (#14269897)
Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corru...

Any organization that is suspected of committing one of a list of crimes enumerated in that article, and engages in activity across state lines, falls under federal jurisdiction. In this case, I'm guessing the charge is obstruction of justice. But I'm not a lawyer, and they could be using something other than RICO to press this case

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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by bogositosius on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:49PM (#14269933)
I looked at the enumerated crimes and I don't see "evading city taxi regulations" in there.
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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by openasocket on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:51PM (#14269946)
How about obstruction of justice?
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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by bogositosius on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:54PM (#14269976)
Point taken. I still think it's absurd to have a federal investigation over some city's taxi regulations being evaded, but at least I can follow the potential legal logic. Thanks for the info.
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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by kahnpro on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:24PM (#14270161)
Some city? I think Uber willfully and flagrantly evades the taxi regulations of almost every single city that has them.
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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by bogositosius on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:29PM (#14270187)
So what?
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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by npizzolato on Friday May 05, 2017 @02:11AM (#14271451)
So they misled investigators throughout multiple cities across the United States. Therefore, it's a federal issue. This really isn't that hard to understand.
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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by bogositosius on Friday May 05, 2017 @02:25AM (#14271493)
No. Why it can be made a federal issue has been successfully outlined by others in this thread. Misleading investigators throughout multiple cities, however, isn't the reason.
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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by TeMPOraL on Friday May 05, 2017 @05:09AM (#14272086)
It seems to be when it's coordinated by single organization across state lines. That's what turns it from a series of totally unrelated crimes in different states into one nation-wide criminal operation.
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