The $1.86 billion legal battle between ride-hailing giant Uber and Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo reached a pivotal moment when the judge released a damning letter from a former Uber employee alleging that a special division within Uber was responsible for acts of corporate espionage, the theft of trade secrets, the bribery of foreign officials, and various means of unlawful surveillance.



Over a two-to-three week period beginning early June 2016, [Uber operatives] coordinated multiple surveillance and collections operations against [REDACTED]. This included recording of mobile phone video and/or photography during private events in [READACTED]. To do this, multiple surveillance teams infiltrated private-event spaces at hotel and conference facilities that the group of [REDACTED] executives used during their stay.

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