Colombia fines Uber more than $ 629,000 for preventing regulatory visits

Uber has repeatedly drawn the authorities in Colombia, where use of the service is widespread but illegal.

The country has not specifically regulated transportation services such as Uber, but has said it will suspend the licenses of drivers who were caught working for the platform for 25 years.

The bot from the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce says Uber urges employees not to provide information to regulators and to block access to the company's computers. These guidelines were implemented during the October 201[ads1]7 visit, the regulator said.

"The company presented a disrespectful and obstructive attitude in meeting various information requirements from government officials," the regulator said in a statement.

Uber said in a statement that it has not been officially informed of the fine, but would investigate it once it has been done.

The bot also cites three Uber employees by name, and fines them individually between $ 1,469 and $ 7344.

The two legal employees and a manager "cooperated and executed the barriers to the said administrative visit and the incompleteness of the orders and instructions which was provided by the Superintendency, ”the statement states.

"It has also been proven that these people provided evasive and incomplete statements about their roles and functions in the company, and about their knowledge of the corporate structure of Uber Colombia," it added.

In July, Colombia ordered Uber to improve its data security in response to a 2016 breach that compromised the data of 267,000 Colombians.