I'm not advocating for Uber to do what I said but given what's been written about their ethical practices, it's what I would expect from them. The problem is,

I'm not advocating for Uber to do what I said but given what's been written about their ethical practices, it's what I would expect from them. The problem is, how do you differentiate between equity whose grant is meant to manipulate a party of a crime and equity justly earned by working there? If I were Uber, I would fire him and if possible, revoke any equity he had to absolve the company from any accusations of implied manipulation.