(9.Juni) As part of the continuing global backlash over the popular ride-sharing service, Uber and two of its senior European executives were convicted and fined nearly $500,000 in France on Thursday for running an illegal transportation business.(…)
Despite the French court’s penalties, the fines were significantly less than what the judge could have imposed. Uber could have been forced to pay up to $1.7 million, and its executives could have faced up to five years in prison and a $340,000 fine each. French taxi unions had also called for the Uber executives to be barred from working in the transportation industry, pleas that were ignored by the French court.