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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. Well, Obama did hire Goldman's top lobbyist by unassimilatible · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As his Treasury Secretary's chief of staff. How's that for influence? And GE's CEO is on his economic team.

    Question for you: If money doesn't buy influence, why do companies donate to candidates? And don't say because they are true believers - most donate to both sides.

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