Sergey Aleynikov
| Sergey Aleynikov | |
|---|---|
| Born | Russia |
| Residence | United States |
| Other names | saleyn |
| Occupation | Programmer |
| Employer | Goldman Sachs (through June 30, 2009) |
| Spouse | Elina |
| Children | 3 |
Sergey Aleynikov is a former Goldman Sachs computer programmer. He was convicted of stealing computer code that Goldman Sachs used to perform proprietary trading. According to Assistant United States Attorney Joseph Facciponti, "the bank has raised the possibility that there is a danger that somebody who knew how to use this program could use it to manipulate markets in unfair ways."[1]
He emigrated from Russia to the US in 1991. He is married to Elina and is a father of three children.
From December 1998 to April 2007, he served as the director of Routing R&D division of IDT Corporation. [1]
He contributed to a number of open source Erlang projects.[2] He also published several CPAN modules. [3]
On July 3, 2009, he was arrested by FBI agents at Newark Liberty International Airport after Goldman raised the alarm over a suspected security breach.
He was accused of improperly copying software codes that performs "sophisticated, high-speed and high-volume trades on various stock and commodity markets", as described by Goldman.
He was employed for two years at Goldman on a salary of $400,000. In early June, he left Goldman to join Teza Technologies, a Chicago start-up which offered to triple his pay.
He was convicted in U.S. Federal court in December 2010 of the two counts of theft of stolen property and transportation of stolen property[4], and was sentenced to 97 months in prison, three-years of supervised release following his prison sentence, and a $12,500 fine.[5].
Prior to sentencing, Mr. Aleynikov was incarcerated on request of the government, as he was judged to be more of a flight risk after separating from his wife and growing distant from his kids.[6]
The case is U.S. v. Aleynikov, 1:10-cr-00096, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ajIMch.ErnD4
- ^ http://www.250bpm.com/blog:1
- ^ http://search.cpan.org/~randir/
- ^ http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/ex-goldman-programmer-is-convicted/
- ^ http://blogs.forbes.com/billsinger/2011/03/22/goldman-sachs-aleynikov-sentenced/
- ^ http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/judge-unexpectedly-imprisons-goldman-programmer/
[edit] External links
- United States of America v. Sergey Aleynikov Complaint
- Reuters Special Coverage on Sergey Aleynikov
- The Guardian
- Bloomberg News
- What's The Deal With That Goldman Sachs Programmer? by NPR Planet Money.
- The Story So Far - Why XP-Dev.com Was Down For 45 Hours by Roopinder Singh
- Sergey Aleynikov Fan Club on Facebook
- Русский программист Сергей Алейников получил 8 лет и 1 месяц тюремного заключения Владимир Козловский, специально для RUNYweb.com
