Mixed Verdicts in Second Trial of Aleynikov, Ex-Goldman Sachs Programmer

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/02/business/dealbook/ex-goldman-programmer-found-guilty.html

By MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN and BEN PROTESS
Dealbook
The New York Times
MAY 1, 2015

For the second time in five years, prosecutors have prevailed over Sergey 
Aleynikov, the former Goldman Sachs programmer accused of stealing 
confidential computer trading code from the bank. The first time it took a 
federal jury just hours to convict; this time it came after more than a 
week of deliberation and an accusation of “food poisoning” and avocado 
tampering in a state court jury room.

A jury on Friday convicted Mr. Aleynikov on one count he faced but 
acquitted him on another and deadlocked on a third. Mr. Aleynikov, who is 
unlikely to face much if any prison time, cracked a nervous smile after 
the decision was announced.

The split verdict — a striking conclusion to a case that divided the legal 
world, inspired a best-selling book and spotlighted the secret formulas 
behind high-frequency trading on Wall Street — came after the case nearly 
ended in what would have been the most bizarre of mistrials.

The possible mistrial stemmed from a dispute between two jurors deciding 
Mr. Aleynikov’s fate; a female juror accused a male one of “food 
tampering,” in part because an avocado was missing from her sandwich. The 
female juror also said she took a blood test to determine whether she had 
been poisoned, temporarily turning the criminal proceedings into a 
culinary whodunit.

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