Ex-Goldman Sachs Programmer Found Guilty of Stealing Secrets
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Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. computer programmer Sergey Aleynikov was found guilty of stealing the firm’s trade secrets by appropriating part of a high-frequency computer source code on his last day at work.
Aleynikov went on trial Nov. 29 in federal court in New York on charges of violating the Economic Espionage Act and the Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property Act. He faces as long as 10 years in prison on the espionage charge and five years for the interstate transportation charge.