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Ex-Goldman programmer sentenced to time served in theft case
A judge on Tuesday sentenced ex-Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov to time served for stealing secret computer codes that the bank had used for its trading programs. The sentence in...
Judge upholds former Goldman programmer's theft conviction
It looks like dark times ahead for this “Flash Boy.” A New York state appeals judge upheld a conviction against former Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov on Thursday — likely...
Quant fund is concerned about CFTC getting its software code
Renaissance Technologies, the $65 billion hedge fund, is pushing back against federal regulators’ interest in highly-technical trading software out of concern that their source code wouldn’t be secure in the...
Ex-Goldman 'flash boy' wins right to appeal his conviction
The nearly eight-year legal odyssey of former Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov is not over, after New York State’s highest court agreed to review his reinstated conviction for stealing high-frequency...
Ex-Goldman programmer appeals court conviction
Former Goldman Sachs computer programmer Sergey Aleynikov is fighting to keep his case alive. After spending more than eight years defending his reputation against charges he stole vital computer code...
Ex-Goldman programmer taking too much of the blame
With all the nonsense that occurred during the last financial crisis, nobody got punished except Sergey Aleynikov. He was a computer programmer for Goldman Sachs who was accused, convicted, un-convicted,...
Court reinstates conviction of ex-Goldman programmer
The tortured, eight-year legal saga of Sergey Aleynikov, the former Goldman Sachs programmer, took another twist on Tuesday when a state appeals court voted 5-0 to reinstate his May 2015...
Ex-Goldman programmer wants bank to pay $7M legal bill
Sergey Aleynikov only wants 35 minutes of Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein’s time. The Wall Street powerhouse faced off against its former computer programmer in a Delaware court on...
DA trying to nab ex-Goldman programmer -- again
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is refusing to give up his pursuit of a former Goldman Sachs programmer even after two court decisions set him free. The DA’s office said...
Judge tosses conviction of ex-Goldman programmer
After six years fighting state and federal prosecutors, spending 11 months in jail and running up a $7 million legal bill, ex-Goldman Sachs computer programmer Sergey Aleynikov is a free...
Ex-Goldman programmer's fate on hold after jury's split decision
The six-year legal saga of the ex-Goldman Sachs programmer accused of stealing “secret sauce” software has been extended five weeks by a jury’s split decision on Friday. Sergey Aleynikov, who...
Jurors trade poisoning and slander accusations at ex-Goldman programmer's trial
The trial of a former Goldman Sachs programmer charged with stealing the investment bank’s high-speed trading code took a bizarre twist on Wednesday. After five days of deliberation, two jurors...
Ex-Goldman programmer doesn't take the stand as lawyers rest their case
Sergey Aleynikov’s defense team wrapped up its case without calling the former Goldman Sachs programmer to the stand. Lawyers rested their case Tuesday after calling just two witnesses, including the...
Ex-Goldman programmer's fate could be in hands of appeals court
The second trial of Sergey Aleynikov is in danger of turning into a Russian circus. The former Goldman Sachs programmer, who’s charged by Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance with illegally copying...
Ex-Goldman programmer case could hinge on definition of 'tangible'
Former Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov’s fate could be decided by a dictionary definition. Aleynikov is charged in state court with making an unlawful duplication of about 32 megabytes worth...
Judge denies DA's expert witness in case against ex-Goldman programmer
A Manhattan judge on Tuesday denied a move by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance to use an expert witness against former Goldman Sachs computer programmer Sergey Aleynikov. Prosecutors wanted to...
Ex-Goldman programmer says Blankfein is influencing trial
Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein is being portrayed as the puppet master in the long-running code-theft case against a former programmer. Sergey Aleynikov, 45, claims the powerful bank is pulling...
Judge grants secrecy in ex-Goldman programmer trial
Goldman Sachs got to keep a lid on its “secret sauce.” Manhattan state court Judge Daniel Conviser closed his court to most of the public on Thursday to discuss the...
Goldman Sachs and the state of ‘unfair ways’
What the hell am I doing here? By “here” I mean inside the Manhattan state courthouse at 111 Center St. where Justice Daniel Conviser on Wednesday started presiding over District...
Lawyers claim ex-Goldman programmer broke policy - not the law
Sergey Aleynikov, the former Goldman Sachs programmer accused of stealing company secrets, violated a confidentiality agreement with the bank — but that doesn’t make it a crime, lawyers for the...