Anthony Levandowski, an ex-engineer for Google’s self-driving car unit, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for trade secret theft during his various stints in the self-driving industry.
Anthony Levandowski was initially sentenced back in March when the US District Attorney’s office recommended a 27-month sentence. Judge William Alsup on Wednesday sentenced him to 18 months in prison, to be served at a later date due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Levandowski loaded more than 14,000 Google files onto his laptop before leaving the firm in January 2016.
He led Uber’s robocar project, only to be fired in 2017 over this case.
Levandowski filed for bankruptcy in March this year because he owes $179m to Google’s parent company, Alphabet, for his actions.
Alphabet filed a lawsuit against Uber in 2017, accusing the company of colluding with its former employee to steal secrets from Waymo.
