> when the company got word of a pending police raid,
A "pending police raid"? What, do the police call up and book a raid in advance?
Otherwise Uber is even more shady that I already thought. Got "their people" inside the police? Or just much bribery?
Police raids are a big deal, so normally you don't know in advance when they will raid you, precisely to prevent tampering/destruction of evidence. The Mob usually uses bribery (or gets one of their men on the inside as a mole) to get forewarned of Police raids.