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. z, k8 a+ o# t; ?3 n* v0 c‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING
8 \, y1 O d8 B0 Z4 R4 u+ G3 eWednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN$ h6 e7 C) x" f: C: q9 i8 K
NEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading! G" ?6 t: n) {& _ ^" \8 Z- f
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!
" U# C9 V# i6 u* ~% y) o QSources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the8 I6 }6 P, J( r% I7 K, N
bizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January
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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.
7 s* Z$ }; ~9 i. |! _& E! o”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over
5 Q7 G) w* V7 y* p/ x) s$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be: l( K( F. G( t d% F
pure luck.
* N9 T4 ~0 F* p3 @/ Q/ s: c”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers
6 |& ?* W9 x( k) J% o7 h1 o' ?. `Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”
* x+ a% R. M+ G; k( p6 g9 ?The past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin+ V- d" D1 `; k A" p% ^) N- l
made a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall5 Y$ ~2 L2 Q$ J. n L
Street watchdogs.
1 S. \5 n u: \7 ~& `”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,2 a: U7 A( x5 M6 K. l
Mr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing0 G+ s3 } P% ], } g
investigation.' n# K# a% @. @: |* B
When investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling* P8 v3 B+ Z# K; C7 h& J* c
four-hour confession.6 Y6 K* h5 V: U3 s- s+ e# s
Carlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common. }# ~* @: E& c8 D1 v
knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with$ ^ i5 }/ B# J
knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune., D7 {9 i, Y( T: G
”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to/ P" S5 x7 `1 d. C2 s. T) r! g8 R
make it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught
% _6 t( x6 v0 b* y; m8 |in the moment.”8 M( f% i" n# P+ H. n
In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of+ r( `& B$ b; R# c1 A r' r \7 E
Osama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.# a% w1 o4 P& Q& \
All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”
2 l3 z: K9 Z% VHowever, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear$ @( s7 H! f/ `5 Q
the technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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