Before deciding the value of the theft to attach to the charge? Certainly. That would be one reason the FBI employs art specialists as well. Absent a fleeing felon, I would definitely expect the FBI to consult with an art specialist.
You're moving the goalposts. First, Aleynikov is "arrested" on GS's say-so. Now he's being prosecuted on their say-so. By the time Aleynikov is arraigned, expertise has been engaged. What makes this an especially pointless debate is that the trial uncovers that he did in fact take valuable source code!
"Arrested and charged", without independent and investigation, on Goldman Sachs say-so has been consistently my point all along. Nobody moved the goalposts. You just got farther from them.
