News

Uber CEO Could Face Up To Two Years in Jail in South Korea

Despite never actually being arrested in South Korea, the CEO and founder of the taxi app service could face up to two years in jail in the country.

Essentially, Uber is considered highly illegal in South Korea, thanks to the incredible amount of regulation in the way of becoming a licensed taxi operator. Taxi drivers themselves need to pay an accumulative 70 million won (around $63,477) just to become a registered driver.

South Korean prosecutors have indicted Travis Kalanick without him actually being arrested or appearing in court, with him facing the jail time or a 20 million won (around $18,121) fine. If he has the option of taking the fine, I think we all know which one he’ll go for.

Bizarrely, Uber continues to operate in Seoul, the South Korean capital. It’s even more bizarre when you consider that the authorities in Seoul have essentially placed a bounty on the heads of Uber drivers, offering 1 million won (about $910) to any citizen who has evidence of the service operating. They even have a “dedicated squad” that is “clamping down on Uber drivers”.

Uber has faced a tricky legal path since its inception, with intense opposition from governments and taxi drivers alike. So far, it’s seemed pretty invincible – they give off the impression that they’re above the law. It’ll be interesting to see how this latest story pans out though.

Source: The Verge

 

 

Ryan Simmons

Disqus Comments Loading...

Recent Posts

Cooler Master Reveals TD500 MAX ATX Case

Cooler Master, one of the biggest names for PC cases and PC cooling has today…

28 mins ago

Ranch Simulator Hits 1 Million Copies Sold

Ranch Simulator, a game which I hadn't heard of until today, has just reached a…

18 hours ago

MSI MAG A750GL PCIe 5.0 ATX 3.0 Power Supply Review

MSI has a great range of PSUs to their name these days, and while we've…

18 hours ago

Larian CEO Wants to Make Two New Games After Baldur’s Gate 3

After the massive smash hit that was Baldur Gate 3 developers at Larian have announced…

19 hours ago

JLab Reveals Studio Pro ANC Wireless Over-ear Headphones

JLab have today announced the availability of their Studio Pro ANC Wireless over-ear headphones in…

19 hours ago

Tile Pro (2022) Bluetooth Item Finder

POWERFUL TRACKER - Tile helps you keep track of your things. The Tile Pro streamlined…

20 hours ago