Jailed investment genius has a ‘pot of gold’ waiting for him when he gets out

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A twisted investment genius who refused to hand over the secret codes he stole from his former bosses is set to become a multi-millionaire – when he finishes an 18 month jail term. Ke Xu, 32, hacked into Trenchant Trading Systems Private Ltd’s computer systems and accessed algorithm codes worth millions of dollars on the stock market in 2014. The codes are used to programme trading strategies into computers. Xu had become disillusioned after landing a £400,000 bonus on top…

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