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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by TheCoelacanth on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:58PM (#14270339)
The whole point of RICO is to allow the feds to intervene when the criminal organization is too large and powerful for local governments to be able to effectively prosecute them. This is exactly what RICO was designed for.
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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by bogositosius on Friday May 05, 2017 @12:42AM (#14271150)
Which local governments have tried mounting a substantive case and failed?
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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by memmcgee on Friday May 05, 2017 @03:38AM (#14271753)
I don't know... Maybe the local governments that were blocked from investigating by Greyball?
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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by bogositosius on Friday May 05, 2017 @04:11AM (#14271869)
Then let them build a case against Uber for its use of Greyball. Why is federal involvement under RICO statutes necessary to do that?
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