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Former Goldman Programmer Sentenced To 97 Months

Posted by timothy on from the hey-97-is-prime dept.

stevegee58 writes "Former Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov was sentenced to 97 months in prison for stealing source code used in Goldman's high-frequency trading algorithms. Aleynikov was convicted late last year in Manhattan federal court."

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  1. GS is a big donor to the right people by unassimilatible · · Score: 4, Informative

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