https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autonomous-uber-levandowski/ex-google-engineer-charged-with-taking-stolen-self-driving-secrets-to-uber-idUSKCN1VH228 >The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday filed criminal charges accusing Anthony Levandowski, a pioneer in self-driving car technology, of stealing trade secrets from his former employer Google before joining rival Uber Technologies Inc .