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' N i p$ y( {‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING
k2 ^) [" \- g& v! P( o% vWednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN
2 d% M9 t* X3 K& RNEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading/ c( \& z2 q$ p+ ]6 E$ L$ v
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!
8 F: d# y T V5 O- q. w; I1 QSources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the3 u$ g: A& @3 \) Q2 Z
bizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January# u* t5 M% v( P9 c* C
28.
8 V% V* }. x& _, a”We don’t believe this guy’s story — he’s either a lunatic or a pathological liar,” says an SEC insider.
' R! }4 I1 t) O5 U: J2 y, L9 ? H”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over
: j& f3 b5 [& M. m( j# D: \$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be2 @, H7 q) H" R
pure luck.
$ z1 Q% j+ L' n, m' D”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers
/ I0 c' x, j' RIsland until he agrees to give up his sources.”
8 |# D+ T/ K( ~6 T; ]" S+ UThe past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin" e& J9 _& P' a" F! `& R6 p
made a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall, B; r7 Q. h6 Q7 k+ e; c- Z( [
Street watchdogs.' d9 j* ?; J" L* _7 e0 K. u
”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,
3 A# D8 }$ P# m, VMr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing# f( \& \! l" m. W0 X8 q
investigation.
* V8 W1 u/ T, D7 v4 x- x( o' Y: }When investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling' v3 b9 S( U- Y9 F
four-hour confession.
6 h) f- q5 q5 n/ M8 ^2 _& bCarlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common3 M9 r, K" v- M
knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with9 I" r' Q }1 J5 w, W5 }
knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.) B& R2 E. P) y2 p, E# S; |$ U# f
”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to
+ t9 W7 C0 s% E- [0 Fmake it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught
+ m w% A% X' T. Win the moment.”3 [. x9 Q$ V+ \( g/ \. p% h
In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of6 x9 w/ v3 j6 y: N
Osama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.) `$ Y$ D3 V/ W
All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”4 N5 H# x' S# r% k; }; d
However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear5 |% H: ~# _; A' r6 a# r
the technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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