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7 E `% k; ~# y* `$ L! E‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING; T% p2 \0 g' f& p: O7 j
Wednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN8 x& J5 I" ?+ _
NEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading5 q$ }9 L3 F. ^, F( [
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!
+ U9 }3 K. W! x4 O! wSources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the
6 W/ x3 \( v: T8 ?4 _bizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January5 Q, w1 i; r7 i4 T- B
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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.) E* W3 [; U& Q n7 D. x
”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over
' o# w" z0 }5 j. e; ~$ `9 ~( W$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be
% q' D% D( [' u$ S( mpure luck.
" w3 X" x) h9 v”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 ?: b: P! ^6 ?! H3 U. e$ u7 h: [Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”/ w' w$ j$ ~* F
The past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin, y7 V' F( J- s+ b
made a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall5 w* o& n8 }# V! E* @" D
Street watchdogs.
1 U! R* e' P. w2 q$ X”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,
8 c$ I" H0 T, d$ ~( U. `Mr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing
8 i% E' p# J, v5 Q/ r+ `investigation.; J' x7 m1 v+ ~: c7 p8 ]$ q- g
When investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling9 {: N! _9 H; A
four-hour confession.- o. o6 ^# s/ Q+ d# G5 h# P4 F
Carlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common6 D/ ^) x3 D/ u5 p) ?+ n) B
knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with+ c4 d# M/ I; l3 a/ C' A3 P
knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.
8 S7 P; M6 o. S% K$ Y( g* G”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to
. `) k+ ^! k4 S2 ~6 z7 ^5 k3 {/ Lmake it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught* I/ L0 S/ C5 k& _& x/ r$ w$ o
in the moment.”2 t; t/ ~4 ~0 q% V
In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of8 K9 V% I1 M( U+ _, n$ i B+ }0 h7 s0 y4 @
Osama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.
, Z5 U+ j; y- R9 DAll he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”- y5 _- o( N5 G2 n" m+ \: ~5 {' l
However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear
' @0 Z& i1 f# t5 f8 `- H* Athe technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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