Sergey Aleynikov fought the law, and the law
lost—again.
Judge Ronald A. Zweibel of the New York Supreme Court has thrown out a raft of evidence originally
gathered by the FBI for federal prosecution and later offered by
state authorities attempting to prosecute Aleynikov for trade
secrets theft. Finding no probable cause for Aleynikov's
original arrest, the court also faulted the feds for turning
evidence over to the Manhattan district attorney instead of giving
it back to Aleynikov.
Originally convicted in federal court in
December 2010 and sentenced to more than eight years in federal
prison in March 2011, Aleynikov spent a year in custody before the
Second Circuit overturned his conviction on jurisdictional grounds.
Trade Secrets Watch
previously covered the legislative fix that the appellate
court's decision prompted, along with a New Jersey district
court's later order to Goldman Sachs to pay Aleynikov's
attorney fees.
