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Goldman Sachs Code Theft Not Quite So Cut and Dried

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the those-who-have-the-gold-make-the-rules dept.

The New York Times has some interesting details that are surfacing about the recent charges brought against Sergey Aleynikov, the programmer who allegedly stole code from Goldman Sachs on his way out the door to another job. "This spring, Mr. Aleynikov quit Goldman to join Teza Technologies, a new trading firm, tripling his salary to about $1.2 million, according to the complaint. He left Goldman on June 5. In the days before he left, he transferred code to a server in Germany that offers free data hosting. [...] After his arrest, Mr. Aleynikov was taken for interrogation to F.B.I. offices in Manhattan. Mr. Aleynikov waived his rights against self-incrimination, and agreed to allow agents to search his house. He said that he had inadvertently downloaded a portion of Goldman's proprietary code while trying to take files of open source software — programs that are not proprietary and can be used freely by anyone. He said he had not used the Goldman code at his new job or distributed it to anyone else, and the criminal complaint offers no evidence that he has."

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  1. Smooth move by Brian+Gordon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mr. Aleynikov waived his rights against self-incrimination, and agreed to allow agents to search his house.

    http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2889/konatav.jpg

  2. the Goldman Sachs Code is illegal front running by Dan667 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I am a bit shocked that there have been no arrests at Goldman Sachs for market manipulation and illegal front running.

  3. Rendition of ... Will Continue Under Obama by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rendition of Terror Suspects Will Continue Under Obama

    WASHINGTON â" The Obama administration will continue the Bush administrationâ(TM)s practice of sending terror suspects to third countries for detention and interrogation, but will monitor their treatment to ensure they are not tortured, administration officials said on Monday.

    Right. Obama says he'll make sure they're "not tortured".

    Just like he'll balance the budget, and give 95% of us a tax cut.

    Riiight.

    Obama's doing in Afghanistan what Bush did in Iraq. Obama still hasn't pulled US troops out of Iraq. Obama still hasn't closed Guantanamo.

    And if Bush spent like a drunken sailor, Obama's spending like an entire drunken navy.

    I guess that's CHANGE for you.

  4. Re:open source... Likely defence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Too bad they didn't alert anyone when they threw all that money into subprime junk.