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Uber Fine Cut After Some Violations Dismissed

DENVER (CBS4) - Uber will no longer be forced to pay $8.9 million in fines for failing to properly check driver's backgrounds in Colorado. The fine was cut nearly in half.

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The fine, ordered by the Public Utilities Commission in November 2017, comes after Uber was ordered to surrender records of driver's backgrounds that were cleared by a third party.

The PUC has dismissed half of the violations, so Uber will have to pay closer to $4.5 million.

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Records found about 100 drivers who should not have been cleared to drive. Their crimes included assault, fraud, DUI, and other violations.

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