Two men have been charged by Manhattan prosecutors with stealing secret computer code from a high-frequency trading company in an effort to start their own business.

Jason Vuu, 26, a former trader at Flow Traders LLC, was charged with emailing himself trading strategies, valuation algorithms and proprietary code from the firm and sharing the code with another man, Simon Lu, 25, according to criminal complaints filed by District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s office.

Another former trader at Flow Traders, Glen Cressman, 26, was charged with copying files containing similar data.

Paul Shechtman, a lawyer for Lu, and Jeremy Saland, a lawyer for Vuu, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Charles Ross, who represents Cressman, said his client was innocent.

They could face grand jury indictments in November.