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3 }( N* V9 {+ V6 s, j. T0 G8 S‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING1 a& {3 I. y0 N E$ y4 w, {/ S" \
Wednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN5 S8 x+ W+ G5 \
NEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading" Z" y9 i! c: k9 ~2 K. I- n$ w
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!& N) l( u& O# c9 q- A8 o
Sources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the$ e% ~7 F g' ^9 T, W; j( [% T0 e
bizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January
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, D. @# z" v- E h! }9 Q7 U' R”We don’t believe this guy’s story — he’s either a lunatic or a pathological liar,” says an SEC insider.6 r9 l1 G$ ^! w8 P! \2 }1 _% C4 ] u
”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over1 w$ N) N' ?+ p. U- ]3 T
$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be
4 m3 A* P) o: _0 `* Tpure luck.1 k4 W0 t- n# U$ w/ N
”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers
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, {5 J* R( l2 MThe past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin
' @; P3 x% F6 G$ N% _' }- W9 O1 X8 `1 W+ Hmade a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall ~9 a7 K8 A) P/ ]
Street watchdogs.
& P5 h8 N* k- S0 {; q. |”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,: m' j+ t* w' O2 |0 Y. Y( b& ^
Mr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing
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+ t" I+ S& Y1 Q- i% s$ L6 uWhen investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling! [( i" e. O! B6 i' L% S2 `) P; e
four-hour confession.
" P6 m" A% J# P0 p0 WCarlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common# k2 w1 B9 ~) v
knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with
% a3 I/ }- y2 z5 rknowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.
; B6 d1 d+ J& n2 C4 L”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to7 W* G& i! S1 p4 I* p! n. g% 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% u' n* P% V) F4 r+ z* }% d* K- ~8 I
in the moment.”0 C% l- F1 \4 ?2 l @0 T0 l
In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of
, o' [8 B8 M$ b5 \% N3 i6 y- pOsama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS./ _3 t8 R! ]* D. k/ x2 P
All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”& z( o5 x/ n. {
However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear% @9 l7 y$ k4 d* ?0 R3 K: o" t
the technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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