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PETER LATTMAN
The legal odyssey of Sergey Aleynikov, the former Goldman Sachs programmer, took a surprising turn on Thursday, when the Manhattan district attorney charged him with state crimes related to his downloading computer code from his onetime employer.
The charges come less than six months after an appeals court overturned Mr. Aleynikov’s conviction on federal criminal charges related to the identical conduct.
“If you’re Sergey Aleynikov you have to be thinking, ‘why did he ever leave Russia?’” Kevin Marino, his lawyer, said standing on the courthouse steps on Thursday beside his client, who emigrated to the United States two decades ago.
“But be that as it may, we look forward to vigorourously defending him against these charges,” Mr. Marino said.
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