French court fines Uber, executives for running illegal service

PARIS, June 9 (Reuters) - Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies and two of its executives were fined by a French court on Wednesday for running an illegal transport service using non-professional drivers.

The Paris criminal court ordered Uber to pay 800,000 euros, half of it suspended, and imposed smaller fines on Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa for Uber, and Thibaud Simphal, the company's general manager for France.