US Justice Department launches criminal investigation into Uber

‘A federal investigation is allegedly underway into the ride service, Uber’s use of a secret software, ‘Greyball,’ which is claimed was used to evade regulatory authorities in places where its ride-hailing service was banned or restricted.
The ride services company received a subpoena from a Northern California grand jury seeking documents concerning how the software tool functioned and where it was deployed, according to Reuters who spoke to sources familiar with the probe.
Bloomberg News reported the existence of a federal probe last week but did not class it as criminal.’
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