Forbes – David Simon, a well-known New York risk arbitrager, directed his $100 million hedge fund firm, Twin Capital Management, to sue his wife and her divorce lawyers, claiming they hacked into Simon’s computer to get their hands on the hedge fund’s highly-secret financial records and trade secrets.
In a 15-page complaint filed in Manhattan’s New York state court earlier this week, Simon accuses his wife, Linda Simon, of hacking into a password-protected Twin Capital computer located in the Simons’ home in Purchase, N.Y., and duplicating the hard-drive. The lawsuit claims that the hacking took place shortly after Simon had vacated the residence in late July and Linda Simon initiated divorce proceedings in New York state court. While this might seem like just a nasty divorce, Twin Capital claims in separate court papers that local police have initiated a criminal investigation of the alleged hacking.
