SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A class action lawsuit alleges a popular riding service performed background checks that weren’t as extensive as advertised.

Matthew Philliben and Byron McKnight filed the lawsuit Dec. 23 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Uber Technologies alleging the background checks don’t require fingerprints and don’t take enough steps to ensure that employment applicants are in fact who they represent to be.