[plamenv]

It's obviously not copy-paste and why would it be so hard to believe that both Goldman and Salomon had the same practices of removing authors names from papers?

[Patient0]

The similarity between the stories struck me: particularly that they both stressed the point about reports being circulated with no authors at all... OK it doesn't prove that he made it all up, but I would be willing to bet some money on it.

[wisty]

It could be a common joke that quants tell, especially those in the companies where it happens.

His article does sound a lot like other ones though. I doubt he's deliberately copying them, but he's not entirely unique.