United States v. Aleynikov
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
676 F.3d 71 (2012)
Relevant factsFree
Aleynikov encrypted and uploaded over 500,000 lines of proprietary trading source code to a German server on his last day at Goldman Sachs, later downloading it to his home computer and transferring it to a flash drive and laptop, and the district court held the code constituted stolen goods under the NSPA regardless of its intangible format at the time of the initial theft.
IssueFree
Whether the theft of intangible property constitutes stolen goods, wares, or merchandise within the meaning of the National Stolen Property Act.