NYC grand jury indicts former Goldman Sachs worker, accusing NJ man of stealing secrets
By APThursday, February 11, 2010
NJ man indicted in NYC in Goldman Sachs data theft
NEW YORK — A computer programmer charged with stealing trade secrets from his former employer, Goldman Sachs, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Manhattan.
The indictment accused the Russian-born Sergey Aleynikov (SUR’-gay uh-LAY’-nih-kawf) of North Caldwell, N.J., of downloading software and sending computer codes to an Internet account in Germany. It said he also stored information at home to take to a new job in Chicago last year.
The 40-year-old Aleynikov will enter a plea to the charges at a future date.
Aleynikov’s attorney, Sabrina Shroff, did not immediately return a phone message for comment on Thursday.
Aleynikov resigned June 5 from his $400,000-a-year job at Goldman Sachs.
