Uber Under Criminal Investigation, Justice Dept. Confirms in Letter to Court<br />In the letter, dated Nov. 22, the department informed the judge<br />that there was additional evidence that Uber had not turned over in the case, referring to claims from Richard Jacobs, a former Uber employee, that Uber had been secretly gathering intelligence on competitors.<br />As part of the case, the Department of Justice submitted to the judge, William Alsup, the letter that was made public on Wednesday.<br />The document, which was submitted by the United States attorney’s office in the northern district of California, does not specify what the agency is investigating,<br />but it is the first public confirmation by the Department of Justice of a federal inquiry into the San Francisco-based ride-hailing company.<br />“In the course of a United States’ pending criminal investigation, the government<br />interviewed a former Uber employee named Richard Jacobs,” said the letter.<br />Mr. Jacobs appeared in court last month to testify about his evidence, which he had written in a letter to Uber executives.<br />SAN FRANCISCO — Federal investigators are pursuing at least one criminal investigation into Uber, according to a court document released on Wednesday.
