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Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corru... Any
by openasocket 9y ago
Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corru...
Any organization that is suspected of committing one of a list of crimes enumerated in that article, and engages in activity across state lines, falls under federal jurisdiction. In this case, I'm guessing the charge is obstruction of justice. But I'm not a lawyer, and they could be using something other than RICO to press this case
- bogositosius 9y agoI looked at the enumerated crimes and I don't see "evading city taxi regulations" in there.
- openasocket 9y agoHow about obstruction of justice?
- bogositosius 9y agoPoint taken. I still think it's absurd to have a federal investigation over some city's taxi regulations being evaded, but at least I can follow the potential legal logic. Thanks for the info.
- kahnpro 9y agoSome city? I think Uber willfully and flagrantly evades the taxi regulations of almost every single city that has them.
- bogositosius 9y agoSo what?
- npizzolato 9y agoSo they misled investigators throughout multiple cities across the United States. Therefore, it's a federal issue. This really isn't that hard to understand.
- bogositosius 9y agoNo. Why it can be made a federal issue has been successfully outlined by others in this thread. Misleading investigators throughout multiple cities, however, isn't the reason.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoIt seems to be when it's coordinated by single organization across state lines. That's what turns it from a series of totally unrelated crimes in different states into one nation-wide criminal operation.