Around 1990, Sergey Aleynikov emigrated from the Soviet Union to the United States.
15 Facts About Sergey Aleynikov
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Sergey Aleynikov left to join Misha Malyshev's Teza Technologies, a competing high-frequency trading firm which offered to triple his pay.
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In May 2010, Sergey Aleynikov founded Omnibius, LLC, a consulting services firm for financial clients.
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Sergey Aleynikov was accused by the FBI of improperly copying computer source code that performs "sophisticated, high-speed and high-volume trades on various stock and commodity markets", as described by Goldman.
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Sergey Aleynikov acknowledged downloading some source code, but maintained that his intent was to collect exclusively open-source software that is not proprietary to his then-employer.
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Sergey Aleynikov argued that the acts he was accused of did not constitute a crime.
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In December 2010, Sergey Aleynikov had a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Three weeks before sentencing, Sergey Aleynikov was incarcerated on request of the government, as he was judged to be more of a flight risk after separating from his wife.
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In March 2011, Sergey Aleynikov appealed the conviction, asking the Second Circuit to review the District Court's decision denying his original motion to dismiss the indictment for failure to state a claim.
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On September 27,2012, Sergey Aleynikov pleaded not guilty to all state charges and rejected the prosecutors' plea offer of accepting a single count offense and serving no jail time.
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On July 6,2015, Justice Daniel P Conviser dismissed the two remaining charges finding that, as a matter of law, Aleynikov did not violate the statute, and no rational jury could convict him of those charges.
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On January 24,2017, Sergey Aleynikov's conviction was reinstated by the First Department of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court.
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Mr Sergey Aleynikov was twice placed in jeopardy for the same offense.
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Sergey Aleynikov was acquitted in federal court because the source code copy he made was not tangible and convicted in state court because it was tangible.
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Sergey Aleynikov sued the FBI agents who arrested him for malicious prosecution.