Uber Technologies is paying 20 million dollars (£16.2 million) to settle allegations that it duped people into driving for its ride-hailing service.

A Tennessee man and his family used much of the $187m (€168m) it collected for cancer patients to buy themselves cars, and take luxury cruise holidays, pay for college tuition and employ family members with six-figure salaries, federal officials have alleged in one of the largest charity fraud cases ever, involving all 50 states.

USA:Officers in western Oregon say a suspect they tried to collar at a traffic stop drove too fast for pursuing officers, but eventually he proved just too fragrant for freedom.

FTC says the company has not done enough to stop kids making unauthorised purchases, writes Joe Kloc