Fake Uber drivers
The Drug Enforcement Agency said its Strike Force busted several people in New York City pretending to be Uber drivers while delivering cocaine and heroin to more than 100 customers. Those arrested include alleged ring leader Alfredo Tejada-Almonte who placed fake Uber logos and stickers on cars and parked them in front of buildings while making drug runs in the Bronx and upper Manhattan, DEA officials said.
Fake Uber drivers busted for running drug ring: Cops
Several people were busted in NYC for allegedly running a drug ring while posing as Uber drivers.
The Disruptors: 'Uber effect'
One of the biggest compliments you can pay a startup is to call it a disruptor, changing not just local business, but entire industries across the country and even around the world. Uber has transformed the taxi and black car business. In less than a decade, Uber seemingly has become larger than life.
Ride share bubble?
Whether you're an Uber, Gett, Juno or Lyft loyalist, safe to say most of us have used at least one of the myriad of apps to get around this city. The industry has grown at breakneck speed with few signs of slowing down. In the last year and a half, the number of app based rides has more than tripled. In New York City alone, adding more than 600 million miles and in the last four years 50,000 more cars on the road.
Uber begins deliveries
Uber is officially entering the same-day delivery competition with its UberRush service in New York, San Francisco and Chicago on Wednesday. But don't expect to see Uber town cars ferrying packages around in their trunks in New York at least. The service for small businesses, which has been tested in New York for about a year, is primarily via bike messengers in that city. They'll be done by car in Chicago and a combo in San Francisco.