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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by dpark on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:45PM (#14269908)
RICO covers fraud and obstruction of justice, both of which could theoretically apply to Grayball (or not, depending on the facts uncovered).
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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by bogositosius on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:51PM (#14269948)
>obstruction of justice

Fair point. Personally I still think this is overreach but I can follow the legal footing on that.

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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by npizzolato on Friday May 05, 2017 @02:13AM (#14271460)
How is it an overreach to define finding who is a LEO and feeding them false information to deceive them and waste their time as obstruction of justice?
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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by bogositosius on Friday May 05, 2017 @04:09AM (#14271865)
Because protectionist taxi regulations enacted and enforced by local officials are a local issue. Just because the DOJ can shoehorn a legal argument together to assert jurisdiction doesn't mean it isn't yet another overreach by the already bloated bureaucracy known as the United States government.
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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by npizzolato on Friday May 05, 2017 @10:20PM (#14278322)
It's not a local issue when a multinational organization is doing the same thing across an entire country. Then it's rightly a federal issue.
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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by dpark on Friday May 05, 2017 @10:27PM (#14278348)
If you start with the assumption that the US federal government is bloated and overreaching as a principle, then no matter the facts, you'll still arrive at the conclusion that the US federal government is bloated and overreaching. Logic isn't really relevant.
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