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9 G/ s( R, u- q9 K9 T0 N, S‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING
3 F! C6 w ?/ T: A7 a9 oWednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN2 j! r- a& u) o1 c
NEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading2 P( T: L5 ^ g' p- O
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!
0 G) |- k5 P$ P3 _3 a* ASources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the
0 Q# u5 k) i5 o2 I& ybizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January. z- [2 Q' J' k1 S# {# j2 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.- p( J; D" X2 [2 j# g
”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over7 w+ |, J/ a2 z0 y0 t
$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be
% u1 n% u. K- @2 j+ Y# w& M# |pure luck.
- r5 c4 c% e2 Q+ F- _- d _% l”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers
( @0 y, i/ ~( FIsland until he agrees to give up his sources.”$ y2 p& z9 ~) q0 G, I, H
The past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin
) q" F; w$ T+ D% u7 Vmade a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall2 W% }# c+ r) ~8 k- }
Street watchdogs.
2 T: {2 ^9 {) E" U! J5 A+ k”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,
* {6 L. x" O# U" q0 bMr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing6 J3 ?3 k# V6 e3 n
investigation.
" f& G+ S: |8 `. ]# XWhen investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling* _" g$ Q4 {) R4 ?8 p
four-hour confession.
+ c( i8 V, k @8 [Carlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common
( K2 d+ Y& Y- C. ]knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with
: o ?% a* l* y; ~& }- H- Hknowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.4 V" |# e4 s, o( i4 c3 g: c
”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to0 ~7 D {( R* J7 d. [' S3 m0 r* l
make it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught
9 k1 y, q( F* y! t1 R: U2 Q% Rin the moment.”
/ ~* C2 D, G, D% ?( k" AIn a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of) t- @0 r7 f$ [
Osama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.6 Z9 ~' `" z# j
All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”
" G m7 }4 m5 V$ Z5 t( _However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear
: Q. a) E2 v0 e3 [the technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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