https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autonomous-uber-levandowski/u-s-charges-ex-alphabet-engineer-with-stealing-self-driving-car-secrets-idUSKCN1VH228 >The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday filed criminal charges accusing Anthony Levandowski, a former high-ranking engineer at Alphabet Inc , of stealing the company's self-driving car technology before joining rival Uber Technologies Inc .