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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/411/uber.mp3' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Prosecutors: Uber Drivers Have Criminal Records' data-article-id='751'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10499'>Lawyers in two California cities have expanded their civil lawsuit against the online ride-sharing service Uber. </span> <span data-start-time='10499' data-end-time='20771'>Court records show that the company has hired people previously convicted of murder and sex crimes, despite backgroundchecks.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='20771' data-end-time='29887'>The district attorneys of San Francisco and Los Angeles filed an updated complaint against Uber on Tuesday. </span> <span data-start-time='29887' data-end-time='40635'>The complaint stated systemic failures in Uber's background check process were revealed after they first filed against Uber in December.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='40635' data-end-time='54467'>The new complaint said registered sex offenders, identity thieves, burglars, a kidnapper and a convicted murderer had passed Uber’s screening process.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='54467' data-end-time='63016'>San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon said in a statement Wednesday, “I support technological innovation. </span> <span data-start-time='63016' data-end-time='71701'>Innovation, however, does not give companies a license to mislead consumers about issues affecting their safety.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='71701' data-end-time='75079'>Uber is based in San Francisco. </span> <span data-start-time='75079' data-end-time='86077'>The company said in a statement that its screening system is just as effective as the screening system used by traditional taxi companies.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='86077' data-end-time='94830'>We continue to work on improving safety for riders and drivers before, during and after the trip, it said.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='94830' data-end-time='108730'>The company added that last year it had denied more than 600 people who had applied to become drivers, because they had been convicted of violent and drunken driving crimes.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='108730' data-end-time='119161'>In the original complaint filed in December, city prosecutors said that Uber drivers work at airports without proper permits. </span> <span data-start-time='119161' data-end-time='130249'>They also said the company has been charging an extra $4 fee to passengers traveling to airports, without paying anything to the airport.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='130249' data-end-time='140295'>Uber operates its ride-share program in 57 countries and has an estimated value of more than $40 billion. </span> <span data-start-time='140295' data-end-time='144966'>It is one of the fastest-growing sharing-economy companies.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='144966' data-end-time='150816'>The company has been questioned for its safety record in other countries, as well. </span> <span data-start-time='150816' data-end-time='164354'>In December, the Indian government called for all unregistered taxi services to halt operations, after the reported rape of a woman by an Uber driver in New Delhi.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='164354' data-end-time='170227'>Uber has also faced bans in Germany, Spain and Thailand.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='170227' data-end-time='172630'>I’m Jim Tedder.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/411/to_prove_that_someone_is_guilty.m4a'><span>to prove that someone is guilty</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/411/to_argue.m4a'><span>to argue</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/411/the_act_or_process_of_introducing_new_ideas_or_methods.m4a'><span>the act or process of introducing new ideas or methods</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/411/the_main_idea.m4a'><span>the main idea</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=3822 data-hint-location='164354' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/411/what_have_other_countries_done_to_stop_uber.m4a'>What have other countries done to stop Uber?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='banned Uber'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/411/banned_uber.m4a'><span>banned Uber</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/411/sued_uber.m4a'><span>sued Uber</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/411/taxed_uber.m4a'><span>taxed Uber</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/411/restricted_funds.m4a'><span>restricted funds</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=3823 data-hint-location='10499' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/411/uber_has_hired_people_previously_convicted_of_crimes_despite__blank_.m4a'>Uber has hired people previously convicted of crimes, despite <span class='blank'>backgroundchecks</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='backgroundchecks'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/411/laws.m4a'><span>laws</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/411/backgroundchecks.m4a'><span>backgroundchecks</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/411/fines.m4a'><span>fines</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/411/warnings.m4a'><span>warnings</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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