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1 i+ {$ a0 I, F/ }2 w L7 [. y‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING+ p. Y4 \) G' R. p* a
Wednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN
) z+ Z2 g, P- L2 U9 DNEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading5 R8 Z& c; a* J+ W9 a
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!
; }7 F/ |1 L/ }8 T' W$ A# _8 S9 VSources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the6 p2 y4 K6 w# E& A# d+ x0 P1 a
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.) W: `- z0 T* e
”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over9 p9 p* S3 F: A. v6 U
$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be5 Q( K; D5 `% G: p, q4 O
pure luck.
3 D; o4 z' G) P”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers6 `; n7 I; f# s" b
Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”, Z7 u9 B/ R5 g0 w" v
The past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin# o0 u: k8 q$ d) j' N1 K; e
made a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall! @) q8 o( l* H% R6 p% m
Street watchdogs.
' J7 N' X0 d6 B: P2 [- ?) p”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,
9 Q6 D3 W* V' b7 a S0 P: GMr. 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
9 O2 `) ]% q- @0 C! c8 ~four-hour confession.9 n# @' |/ S/ s
Carlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common! r) n, V, J6 Y; j
knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with8 j6 C# e s' x2 J8 x& j
knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.2 Y' d1 [8 X* Z0 E( c2 _* n* L/ M
”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to, Z9 I& Z2 c+ p
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 s' K: o: d$ Q" ^+ z# Qin the moment.”
; r0 _0 Z& Q j- O: I0 k9 |- h2 g' j% xIn a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of
6 K3 T3 `$ j( }, m6 `: x# [# jOsama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.9 }1 P/ O, k! |9 Y4 o
All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”
# c, J" O l j! d" K4 BHowever, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear
+ b: y+ U5 u( X0 m# ~the technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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