U.S. charges ex-Alphabet engineer with stealing self-driving car secrets

(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday filed criminal charges accusing Anthony Levandowski, a former high-ranking engineer at Alphabet Inc, of stealing the company's self-driving car technology before joining rival Uber Technologies Inc.The 33-count indictment largely mirrors allegations that Alphabet's Waymo unit, where Levandowski had worked, had made in a civil lawsuit against Uber in 2017, which later settled.Lawyers for Levandowski said their client stole nothing and that..