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/ d& S' K( S8 u% L. ~# N‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING; h/ A+ k* E) _! H9 F
Wednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN6 f5 e8 P- G( x+ q% z
NEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading
/ P) p3 x8 h4 u0 Jcharges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!
- R/ w" ?2 Y7 m( z$ [0 x j. c! e9 BSources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the* |. x0 p- G: r+ ?+ ~
bizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January9 A5 S5 M; f' b2 V& U
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”We don’t believe this guy’s story — he’s either a lunatic or a pathological liar,” says an SEC insider.3 G- H8 [9 \' e$ }; F a/ l0 S, I
”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over
) i; z2 a) x! [! [4 Z$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be+ o7 `$ `. {3 p3 y g$ v
pure luck.
3 N! X0 y2 d! U* d' D”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers5 ~' l- F! z7 B9 S, `4 i8 E
Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”
+ ?2 a& H7 X5 ?- qThe past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin
" }/ G' e8 x' Z+ ]! ?made a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall6 V p5 P% v" q8 E8 W% ~7 I* O
Street watchdogs.$ S m" h1 l2 w& ~* @
”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,
; z! U& n1 Q' \; D0 P6 e) C6 uMr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing3 u+ j! z' i7 u- a$ M
investigation.0 ?9 I! e9 j, J. G$ t: ]8 [
When investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling, J% x( I& H: R& ?- f( E6 @
four-hour confession.
, j2 p* X; s* F8 cCarlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common/ S& t1 [" R" F9 @
knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with
k, E8 |+ X; Q) U' U# \knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.
. P: w _/ i+ y( E6 k”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to
; o' Z& R$ K ~make it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught
+ ~- S. Z) J& r; E7 a5 din the moment.”
[1 ~+ K! p' YIn a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of
+ ?: t/ u0 v% y/ ROsama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.
/ ]: w$ v9 E. lAll he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”
6 t" W4 p( }+ N( S" o# H ^$ r3 M, xHowever, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear
: G! p1 T6 ~- x. C! pthe technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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