https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autonomous-uber-levandowski-law-expla/explainer-ex-google-engineer-faces-severe-penalties-in-self-driving-trade-secrets-case-idUSKCN1VH2AU >U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday brought a criminal case against a former high-ranking Google engineer, alleging he stole confidential technology from the company's self-driving car unit before joining rival Uber Technologies Inc .