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‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING
, i/ I8 q) t; r; `/ t, KWednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN
: {' m& _) D2 n5 GNEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading9 P; C% U0 L+ n+ ^
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!
* b7 G5 H: \( o; j4 P/ Q1 TSources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the6 x* F( Q. A1 |
bizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January+ i5 W% c; s, i" K1 a( k; U# F
28.
3 l* j2 G; U& L9 d: w6 ^”We don’t believe this guy’s story — he’s either a lunatic or a pathological liar,” says an SEC insider.- t/ S* B/ B: `5 ?1 m
”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over; }. a M. y$ j$ k3 T# G. ~
$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be
( v( F% {) p3 s' c8 n9 Apure luck.# ~3 M( j8 g7 X6 R" o3 q2 f* b
”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers0 M+ t. I; ^( F! g
Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”! p# d z* `* l2 s' l
The past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin% }" b% q7 q$ x+ E8 x
made a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall) z3 r' c7 l+ o) J8 a
Street watchdogs.
4 | r8 h' [1 s) s4 H”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,. x* m1 J! W. g/ E
Mr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing8 I, h) i! }5 C' I' R* n6 U
investigation.
6 v5 ~! L& S' lWhen investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling0 R! x# z( S$ O4 H! N
four-hour confession.
; i$ {' l4 Z, y5 x, oCarlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common
! P, C- n! q0 x! W5 c& J7 }6 I, c5 `knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with: C/ T" z0 l: ]- S' Z7 P
knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.
4 l2 v# g; q- A2 K”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to
+ Y7 ^! O7 C/ p5 Omake it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught
) Y" i; ]# U3 }/ x. f) ?( ain the moment.”( J$ ]' y+ A: e A
In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of
# r% Y% C. _. ? s; |Osama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.
. K4 @5 c& x3 c: I! I! g/ T: PAll he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”6 u2 F; |+ j& Y9 R" T( A
However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear
4 P+ U1 ^- s; ~0 S5 _2 x0 Sthe technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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