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2 P; H. w- s( s! w& y' [‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING5 N6 X8 j# U' T+ V: N9 Y3 Q& A
Wednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN [! o' Y% a$ D! c
NEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading' x/ k7 u, ?3 X( \4 d, x0 ]( v w, R: b
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!4 [3 b" {* h" C* `) I/ k
Sources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the
! I( d; d( w9 |6 K) V" M8 Tbizarre 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.: n; A; l9 B) {% j+ s4 w
”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over& S9 I* z) _% \" Q4 D8 e* C
$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be
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”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers& b6 o5 h) W$ G, g
Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”/ i$ y1 X. r& T
The past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin
: w5 T6 K6 l" x( Rmade a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall
, G; Z2 y" X8 sStreet watchdogs.
2 Q' h& x9 m2 ]" ?9 A% ?”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,: V' T1 H) [& A
Mr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing3 [1 C- C6 i# N N! `* C$ {
investigation.1 h2 k% v! t! q: D, n
When investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling
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Carlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common
, x( }' H; v2 t' F& {knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with1 y3 H6 @ Y0 w- \2 m8 T. ]
knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.
1 x R6 I# V$ f; o' a”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to
6 `2 z9 E+ W( o* T6 N0 Xmake it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught' A' g6 m6 z2 o- E( N4 g5 E
in the moment.”9 V: `$ ?# K# u& m
In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of
; I) q* {$ U( N A8 K' f! ` s2 qOsama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.' M* I. g+ {9 R$ D
All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”
! x1 x, k9 q: U( M% N$ d5 SHowever, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear# e0 h2 F$ I- A7 A) x
the technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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