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2 J2 B9 F5 N5 n* D$ Z‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING
. {9 \3 U6 A; {( w. d2 JWednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN
' P# E- `+ C4 uNEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading$ Q# i- g( H: [1 H6 k% Z
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!8 k: R0 C8 l2 B( ^, p/ S
Sources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the
0 q" {& X& @( b4 ?1 xbizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January% X; r+ m! n% A$ X
28.
7 J$ z: a7 s% m9 v$ z”We don’t believe this guy’s story — he’s either a lunatic or a pathological liar,” says an SEC insider.% O7 A; o7 P6 s; |
”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over+ v8 q8 ^# b6 y+ W2 M% e) c
$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be, R) G; W, L+ P6 t
pure luck.( t, k! W4 }3 `; L% p; F
”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers/ U3 v% u4 |& L! D0 V6 V0 r
Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”
: O, |- j @1 ]6 R# f% z. N* UThe past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin% K' g% z; {9 b- F
made a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall
* O, E5 Y8 F+ A( w$ OStreet watchdogs. O" q: |+ ^; n9 O
”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,, Z& D- {. u1 M3 q) q; U
Mr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing% s# d6 F0 u, k7 x- F7 \ G J
investigation.
, V" T( C1 r# O$ t- L& K; jWhen investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling9 v5 i4 D3 [( I" p) X
four-hour confession.
) |- a$ M' a* Z) Q: {Carlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common- g0 Q& R& \$ e4 b t$ l8 s$ s
knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with# [& }' |- r7 Z
knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.9 F9 W4 P, O& b: q# o5 y: j C
”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to
& C1 @9 ?& \: f" K q. Wmake it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught
S2 Z$ l: H% Gin the moment.”
' e% r& k f+ w/ Q# K) eIn a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of; p6 E( v' g- O: M
Osama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.
+ Y; X: ^: K1 j% @All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”/ Y+ b* d9 E0 ]- j
However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear5 A) `' A- x `$ I( P) Y) Y1 p- D
the technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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