Aleynikov on the Hook Again for Taking HFT Code From Goldman
- N.Y. appeals court reinstates programmer’s theft conviction
- Seven-year legal roller coaster ride continues for Aleynikov
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Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. programmer Sergey Aleynikov is guilty of theft -- again -- for taking the bank’s high-frequency trading code to a new job.
Theft is theft, whether information is taken in digital form or in boxes of documents, a New York state appeals court ruled Tuesday in reinstating Aleynikov’s conviction.