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: J2 O# `, n4 R, ?5 A2 j‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING5 S/ y" J( y6 [2 C$ m. U
Wednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN
( d8 N/ R, }4 _* qNEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading0 v2 v7 ]. D, K( _8 _" m- e2 a# H
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!
0 I2 J/ _4 O) R$ I: m( }/ M+ YSources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the
$ ^7 [0 p4 ]: L5 Q, v' U# Kbizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January( X2 ~& v7 x5 j9 k! O5 c
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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.
3 f6 A3 S# i) {”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over5 b+ y" m/ J4 f# ~3 v2 n) x% R! G
$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be
% @# s# {1 g; }5 d/ o5 w3 @. Q( npure luck.
/ Q v1 X2 m8 N% Q8 X7 D- \5 `; e' N”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers
( z- a$ J. ?, N" k" j" JIsland until he agrees to give up his sources.”5 p3 i7 d4 }" g/ f
The past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin
% `* D1 `& c( d/ v; @ I( ~# s4 Qmade a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall! n8 {# m& N+ ~/ X9 f6 d/ g
Street watchdogs.
: H6 F3 c! {8 e6 M2 H. C, L”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,0 K$ O5 o; W- q
Mr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing
: m* z# e* y1 d" B& [' ?investigation.
- l5 H: r& Y% D3 K- k# f: [, ZWhen investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling( N& y$ A5 D! O5 h, W2 b
four-hour confession.
. Z6 H! ~) F2 S7 J% rCarlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common
7 z0 b2 q- e# J) ~9 uknowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with
" M W0 L+ R& I/ h Zknowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.9 @2 [$ E+ N# h
”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to7 e1 r& O$ ], Q/ Z5 O$ I% o7 A
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 {+ Q# Z* v3 r( U* |% cin the moment.”2 m1 ?4 N6 ~( P; c' r
In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of6 n0 x$ y+ e0 z% X0 b5 }2 w
Osama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS./ M; J. B/ K- i) q+ k0 q, h
All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”
+ r' G6 C- B, w& H9 S! _However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear: Q, J, u, w; J2 B% }1 o" R
the technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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