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1 a& p9 j1 w8 x7 E‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING
, I5 |% P9 s2 n/ P& E& X* P1 z9 H+ _1 gWednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN4 f( A+ z, g9 G+ r% {% W
NEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading1 X* e' m5 h: `' T, F# P
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!2 e7 w8 v) j. t. m
Sources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the/ z8 n5 s" ^7 x
bizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January4 W2 e5 n$ x3 v6 q/ U" M2 f9 b
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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.
' J0 c1 j: a& d% ?, D, `9 Z”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over5 h# A: H$ Z8 F+ i0 s' Z0 o
$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be
: X) J2 B: f6 _ Y8 spure luck.
7 I, i7 p3 R- D/ |7 l/ j' d5 d5 H”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers8 d! e2 O9 n, ]: y2 L" Y
Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”
2 f9 D3 |8 i5 N2 i6 KThe past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin
2 j2 t- y( d1 o" N! y- [' n) ]1 Qmade a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall
( v# G. g% {( o- C) a/ ZStreet watchdogs.
4 B b M$ [) b8 H”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,
/ w; b& Q, ^1 i( |7 GMr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing
% d% Q$ }/ j# [5 z" qinvestigation.
6 F7 Y; t$ \1 t' Y' KWhen investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling
; H7 X9 L" f# a- D9 _ q6 @% ^) @four-hour confession.
. }/ q& p& @3 F* a; h- KCarlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common
7 R0 V" p" o6 T2 ~9 R- |0 i- Yknowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with
, C7 B6 y% D0 X: T$ b: z9 W$ Mknowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.
) x& ]" B% K4 b, e3 N# f”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to
5 {) m0 ?; A& ]* ?" t+ W9 s- vmake it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught; r7 ^# o. c* I6 x- n8 R' [
in the moment.”
. C: k s" T! j9 d1 c7 cIn a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of! R! g% t' l- V# r0 H9 }/ f
Osama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.
. H" [7 `3 E4 U3 L. R* V5 ~8 x; XAll he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”
7 d8 R# ?; p1 | o$ |5 h' GHowever, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear+ q2 L) Y5 A! c# x; E8 f
the technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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