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& T. R# k' J- s5 j2 }' ~7 a/ L3 a‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING2 R' {/ G) W6 T, W
Wednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN% I& f$ i* e' y' e
NEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading
/ i2 H$ k( }% G/ J: _charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!0 C: }- w$ s7 Q7 p+ `1 @
Sources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the: c; D, K% `$ i6 J" ?
bizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January
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+ x5 j/ V/ H3 l* y. ~: j7 _”We don’t believe this guy’s story — he’s either a lunatic or a pathological liar,” says an SEC insider.
2 J0 D1 ?1 o% Z, k- B5 ^% G”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over: l S, k" A' d" g3 D) H; j
$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be. T+ L: ?3 \. K, @* x: T
pure luck.
! q% G/ S. P0 f7 ?”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers+ M4 _: A! j( d& p$ q
Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”7 N% P/ M+ s7 j( h1 Z" a7 e3 V7 O
The past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin3 V* L9 Y0 r5 ~' x [2 I
made a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall
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”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,+ {7 M2 ~0 }* i
Mr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing7 N& u8 B% a, J6 d; F- }$ \& S
investigation.! s8 i( ^& N" H1 ?! F3 W' x" ^7 h
When investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling% ^8 o8 v8 C$ h0 L; J+ c
four-hour confession.
! O( B$ _( p4 F1 K" e( fCarlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common0 h: o& b6 \+ Z/ j+ G V7 G
knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with }9 k6 @5 _' u A
knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.2 T$ k0 e0 i% Q6 Y o9 v% q
”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to, A; r- j+ H; a' F/ V
make it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught
# |* l' Y1 R8 o# |9 L0 X. W. L- lin the moment.”
" y4 @( s8 k7 r( K. P7 E6 zIn a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of
/ H+ L e2 J% l1 E/ KOsama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS./ B4 k; v. B9 L7 R3 K
All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”
7 p/ H6 y [; y# J4 i! n" WHowever, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear
5 I+ s/ `! ~* s( C$ K! ~' Rthe technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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