Accused Goldman Code Thief Takes On Vance After Defeating U.S.
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The former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. programmer accused of stealing the bank’s “secret sauce” beat back the federal government’s attempt to keep him in jail. Now he’s decided to fight state prosecutors to clear his name.
Sergey Aleynikov, who spent almost a year in prison before his federal conviction was thrown out, was in the clear for six months before Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. brought state charges.