French court fines Uber, executives for running illegal service
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A taxi passes by an advertisement for the Uber car and ride-sharing service displayed on a bus stop in Paris, France.
PHOTO: REUTERS
PARIS (REUTERS) - Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies and two of its executives were fined by a French court on Wednesday (June 8) for running an illegal transport service using non-professional drivers.
The Paris criminal court ordered Uber to pay 800,000 euros (S$1.2 million), half of it suspended, and imposed smaller fines on Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa for Uber, and Thibaud Simphal, the company's general manager for France.
The case concerned the low-cost Uber POP service, which connected users via a smartphone app with non-professional drivers using their own cars.
Uber has since shut down the service after the government banned it under pressure from licensed taxi drivers.
