http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/100813-three-indicted-in-alleged-source-274610.html
By Jeremy Kirk
IDG News Service
October 08, 2013
Two former traders and a third man have been indicted in New York State
Supreme Court for allegedly stealing source code and trading strategy
files from a brokerage company with headquarters in the Netherlands.
The case represents a new focus by prosecutors on intellectual property
theft, according to a news release from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus
R. Vance's office Monday. Under New York state law, stealing office toner
is a more serious offense than stealing computer source code, the
statement said.
Two of the men, Jason Vuu and Glen Cressman, both 26, worked for the
Manhattan office of the company Flow Traders, which develops its own
software for trading on various markets. They resigned from the company in
March.
Between August 2011 and August 2012, Vuu is accused of emailing himself
trading strategies used on several of Flow Trader's trading desk and code
contained in the company's proprietary trading platform, the statement
said.
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