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6 R6 {- b2 V: R. T% k6 C3 S‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING
+ |* O7 y* N* _5 XWednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN
/ b M% W1 a- i0 c5 t9 v P. H9 }7 vNEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading
' a% M/ i! b) \$ O# l; V# |7 f; bcharges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!1 I: P$ y7 S9 l( T# W% u& o7 u
Sources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the
3 a* S0 [6 X: Mbizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January
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* y! U) Z) u+ j7 k- U" y% F2 e”We don’t believe this guy’s story — he’s either a lunatic or a pathological liar,” says an SEC insider.& ]. f0 o0 n' n5 F* ~+ J( T
”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over
2 y+ d; K) N9 d6 y* i6 Z# @8 a$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be3 I L( h9 F" u; D" J" P8 C
pure luck.: O( r% w1 a$ g# a% C1 ?( {! u
”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers
1 ^% k# P' v8 I2 s) T8 a% F7 X! XIsland until he agrees to give up his sources.”3 X( M( a3 e& C) A) t* u
The past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin
) m! a3 Z; v) v. l$ ?4 `: Fmade a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall
: C, n: C* i) @Street watchdogs.
: R) W. m6 ~& {”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,3 f/ T) w9 U. [9 y4 p
Mr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing
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When investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling
$ r$ I" \7 T R; v/ L3 I7 [four-hour confession.6 g$ E- A0 Z% j \8 s' r
Carlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common
3 i% u* @: I7 @8 R" [) G: T7 b5 wknowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with6 S9 C6 c9 k# a
knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.
, h" K( ^7 N D( S3 c3 R. D”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to
# i0 w$ ]) n9 F) k/ {& 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
$ k8 P$ ~7 w" @9 I4 Oin the moment.”8 Z! ~3 w/ @' @
In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of
5 `: i& [( Z! y& R3 i: `! v- dOsama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS./ D, h0 G" B3 g0 f" h) E. k
All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”
3 G# y, Q) n: n qHowever, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear# |) j& G; O% f- T7 ~5 t
the technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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