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( A% P: l) Z5 t: h1 c‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING; Q4 Y' Q$ j7 w! v2 W R, \9 G
Wednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN
- ]7 o$ Z0 k% [; v. F( INEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading% G9 D) l0 _* K; \7 y& V5 j9 Q
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!
: _2 X8 Q& h* j3 K5 r2 O# k/ cSources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the4 g6 z+ g- a: t) n
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.
- N) j% P! d8 I& Q# [6 w2 E$ g”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over7 y: T5 O$ B$ c" s
$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be' r* o( c) W. C- x
pure luck.: E3 k& @; ~8 h' [0 X- x; G) V: j; e
”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers
7 E1 a1 w% U* O* `5 b% j) o$ UIsland until he agrees to give up his sources.”
! e5 I# Y3 F# c# O% a K5 ?0 Z- h' zThe past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin
0 P3 ~7 n$ N2 @5 A3 _+ g, |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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0 Y' [6 \. ^) z" n”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,5 V- B! t8 q) ?# E- c0 t( A
Mr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing0 ^" @! j/ X! J5 \3 Q0 |
investigation.
8 D8 }" w4 w- m) ?# D' U4 PWhen investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling- | `& x( i6 K0 n
four-hour confession.
# v; N) W) J* BCarlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common$ t' E9 X9 f! P8 W2 |5 a0 @
knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with! r( @9 s. G) ~7 h
knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.
& X- J1 C' u3 }. Z”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to9 @, Y9 ^( o8 a! U$ U7 c8 D
make it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught f' J0 K$ \2 k( K `
in the moment.”
$ i+ ^: g7 C" S- wIn a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of
. d: U' C9 C `+ A8 y! x0 i P" TOsama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.0 a! U, F# E3 x
All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”) f- ]" q) o4 `/ b
However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear& }4 H: c; I* D" w
the technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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