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http://www.centurioncounsel.com/ ... Counselor_Q1-03.pdf* d9 m+ A; n4 `# r, }- `% i: z
‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING
; W6 r& H6 b3 N3 y; F5 o3 ^7 WWednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN3 t7 n1 m2 [( u1 T
NEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading
( J+ w4 w. l; L$ y, F8 p4 }charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!% N) G6 M2 ^3 b6 K# T
Sources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the- n+ {5 J$ E2 S$ x8 t
bizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January! W% \3 Q$ n y9 j2 T: m- N, M
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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.. o2 s( L5 p( q' E
”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over1 Q H" ]( A- F. Q
$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be
, Y3 J% C% q9 i! D. i( [pure luck.
9 J/ v, S: m( U$ b) m3 \5 w”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers
+ D6 U5 Q9 g, a5 T; G# W1 vIsland until he agrees to give up his sources.”
}% v, A+ `" cThe past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin* z: f9 y" E! ?& ?
made a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall
5 O% @1 W; p$ [/ WStreet watchdogs.
; E) M: B( p+ d, O( \& s9 ^”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,
" f. R( q! F4 H- i9 M) cMr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing
7 w, D; T3 Z& [7 M; x: h; ^investigation.
: M [. A! \7 [) w: N/ qWhen investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling
& t. U8 U3 b! n8 s0 x% J, e- Wfour-hour confession.
/ J' u; s( c) P& [Carlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common
( Z% e/ U7 _" f0 U1 dknowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with
5 K1 b& X7 t! P0 qknowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.
2 |( i, N: I; j( P$ f% a( J”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to# C+ X" u) N8 v
make it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught
7 g1 ^3 Y" H7 O; x5 ~in the moment.”- Y1 T& D0 f- L; u Q! J. W
In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of
# a& M" u& A& C' Z& Y3 u* oOsama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.9 H" c$ r& r5 s2 n1 w' w, k
All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”
8 ]: F( ^# `" p; z L0 V1 O2 p9 I( NHowever, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear
3 E$ a9 ]/ P$ W( y- h# C# cthe technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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