A total of 45 Philadelphia-based taxi corporations have filed a federal law suit against application-based transportation company Uber. The company has been accused of fraudulent financial practices, including racketeering.
"Not since the days of bootlegging has there been a criminal enterprise so brazen and open as to attract hundreds of millions of dollars in investment from investment bankers and to operate in blatant violation of federal and state law as Uber," a formal complaint filed by the group reads, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The plaintiff group, led by the Checker Cab Philadelphia company, has charged Uber with violating state transportation and business laws, along with unfair competition. Uber's chief executive officer Travis Kalanick and several companies connected to the transportation company have been sued.
But Philadelphia is not the only area of the world that has risen in opposition to Uber.
The South Korean government is exploring the possibility of convicting Kalanick and his company with violating local transportation laws that could result in a possible jail sentence.
"We firmly believe that our service, which connects drivers and riders via an application, is not only legal in Korea, but that it is being welcomed and supported by consumers," the company wrote in a statement, the Daily Mail reports.
Several other governments, including those of Thailand and France, have also expressed concern over Uber's policies.
