Uber France CEO, GM arrested for running illegal taxi company

June 30, 2015 02:21

Uber France CEO Thibaud Simphal and Uber Europe GM Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty were both taken into custody today in Paris. The AFP first broke the news. The police started investigating Uber in November 2014 and raided its office in Paris in March 2015.

The two executives were charged with two different allegations.

First, according to them, Uber is running illegal taxi operations.

Uber has been struggling with this charge in many countries, starting with the US. In 2010, the company had to change its original name from UberCab to Uber as taxi companies didnt want to create any confusion.

Second, the police said that Uber France is concealing digital documents. It's hard to tell what the police was looking for when they raided the French office in March. But apparently, some documents are missing and slowing down the investigation.

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