Ummeli Jikelele wase-Illinois uLisa Madigan umemezele ukuxazululwa namuhla phakathi kwe-Uber Technologies, Inc. nazo zonke izifundazwe ezingama-50 kanye ne-District of Columbia.
Abakwa-Uber bavumile ukukhokha u- $ 148 million futhi bathatha nezinyathelo zokuqinisa ukuphepha kwemininingwane ngemuva kokuthi inkampani ebigibela abagibeli ihlulekile unyaka wonke ukwazisa abashayeli ukuthi kubaduni bantshontshe imininingwane yabo.
"U-Uber uwushaye indiva ngokuphelele umthetho wezaziso zokuphula umthetho e-Illinois lapho ulinde isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka ukwazisa abantu ngokwephulwa kwemininingwane emikhulu," kusho uMadigan.
UMadigan uthe yize i-Uber manje ithatha izinyathelo ezifanele, “impendulo yenkampani yokuqala ibingamukeleki. Izinkampani azikwazi ukucasha uma zephula umthetho. ”
U-Uber ufunde ngoNovemba 2016 ukuthi abaduni babeyitholile imininingwane yomuntu siqu, kubandakanya nemininingwane yelayisense yokushayela, kubashayeli be-Uber ababalelwa ku-600,000 e-US Inkampani yakwamukela ukwephula umthetho ngoNovemba 2017, yathi ikhokha u- $ 100,000 ngenhlawulo ukuze imininingwane eyebiwe ichithwe.
UTony West, isikhulu sezomthetho ku-Uber, uthe isinqumo sabaphathi bamanje "yinto efanele ukwenziwa."
"Iqukethe imigomo esisebenzisa ngayo ibhizinisi lethu namuhla: ukwenza izinto obala, ubuqotho, nokuziphendulela," kusho uWest.
Le nkohliso iphinde yathatha amagama, amakheli e-imeyili kanye nenombolo yeselula yabagibeli abayizigidi ezingama-57 emhlabeni jikelele.
Zonke izifunda ezingama-50 kanye nesifunda saseColumbia bamangalela u-Uber, bethi inkampani yephule imithetho edinga ukuthi yazise ngokushesha abantu abathintekile ngalokhu kwephula umthetho.
