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1 i- n, F1 l* G% \‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING- f! T! R2 @1 Z% o
Wednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN0 l9 p, g/ J T: E: o
NEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading o- }) n9 R2 T- \5 l1 L
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!
2 f6 e" u7 u0 N! W' z% Z ~3 \Sources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the8 ^& I/ [" I0 h' {- S6 V
bizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January+ ~9 x; Z$ p. U
28.
8 Z) r2 @! @; @1 z8 k”We don’t believe this guy’s story — he’s either a lunatic or a pathological liar,” says an SEC insider.+ I. `6 d5 V, _
”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over
- `0 ]& Y8 L: y8 z$ J$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be
$ L: P0 b. i7 i$ b! r1 p- g) ]: }pure luck.; w2 _6 W& T; M# M* O) w" p
”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers& J4 t O, x# I' ?+ E! y7 M u
Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”
" n5 i) M# V1 V' Q5 ?+ c' TThe past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin
( j. q8 p S: H) }! T7 F( G& Y6 ~made a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall
2 J M) a/ @! a% YStreet watchdogs.
2 j: v' u ^. f) e x”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,! h0 k7 Y L( O7 \" G
Mr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing/ R" M( _8 f ^" ^7 q# N
investigation.9 p; g# L6 @( E" r& ^8 d, `3 H
When investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling
# m& Z! B/ ^+ M7 R. f6 [four-hour confession.
/ v6 V8 K O% QCarlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common* A' z: j" O; s# M. W5 |
knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with$ h8 U1 G2 _- t3 Y; N
knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.
4 k3 U# e5 f8 H) W6 T/ s”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to8 ~/ {# X6 h4 B- E+ p! Y
make it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught
# [' c* @/ P4 \) [0 A" a' }in the moment.”1 [4 `4 `0 ~" w3 m% P7 J& y' l& [
In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of
$ K! d4 e! k( n9 `3 q; I- i% XOsama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.! h7 U8 o9 H3 ?7 i T
All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.” S5 c' _* p5 {# F6 N
However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear& {! Z4 w! q/ G! C) a3 q
the technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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