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‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING
+ e4 ^# b/ C% n/ F+ qWednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN/ `6 M% W1 N) ?& r* p' a
NEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading5 g; |: s. ~% p' z% T" _; {9 C
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!6 c* t8 z1 `) p9 f& u
Sources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the
' o5 U* t! }' {bizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January3 W8 D, l. Q" Z. H/ ?; }8 O( A
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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.
2 g$ u/ n; d8 r/ G4 n”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over$ H7 Y r; p4 J/ M @2 U9 p, C% I$ o
$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be- N1 ^2 e$ U L2 j7 ^, x
pure luck.
2 j# J# ^3 T- Y, V0 T, X”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers: ^& P8 p5 g( ?# n, N: P6 L
Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”) z! L- l) A" a' m1 a
The past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin+ Y( X: D0 U4 X( t7 m/ k
made a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall8 {2 q* t3 j& S
Street watchdogs.
$ A, R% `7 ?+ L, K: @, y# u1 ?4 z- k/ c”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,
: J- Y4 b: v6 a( _2 C3 MMr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing. @% L% |7 U3 Q1 i
investigation.
; h5 y- j" p# Z9 F) SWhen investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling! ], H, e. A1 _2 ^
four-hour confession.
$ W. z# {6 M( H" O9 vCarlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common
8 e& N& i' ?5 L) t/ O' q% q# o* h$ xknowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with- @3 x7 V1 t1 R, ?3 W+ Z
knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune." U8 p" O/ K5 ]8 J! m
”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to
' Q M2 F# K$ u6 i# C* Pmake it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught* }8 f; p7 V: E; X9 E; p/ k# N, ]
in the moment.”
- r# C0 t9 N( E: vIn a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of; }1 f/ _- L, |) |+ ^/ Y
Osama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.9 C: q- f+ M* L* a R$ |
All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”
, a$ c$ Q7 o7 ?; Q& }However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear
" m5 h6 W3 Y2 j* O Z, Y0 y0 Sthe technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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