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‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING: [7 x! s8 p1 I4 I5 @9 x
Wednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN
, q" J2 o/ K$ h8 ~NEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading* G. O/ p$ o- N. G2 ~3 _' o
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!( `; o: N2 T* ~2 E: Y% t
Sources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the
, W8 C, G( u! n: B n9 vbizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January0 g k& T. v4 t! J' t$ j) v0 w
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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.6 h O8 \: u, \
”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over
% q8 v! W& V9 N7 R% [$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be- F. a- p. S8 }6 m* ]# z
pure luck.5 {" z" I& k d* t& m% h8 x/ {
”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers( u% k# @) M3 d! a
Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”
! h5 Y: ^' S' r2 u7 F. H# sThe past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin
. @# t4 H W N. }+ F6 t! Lmade a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall
# i3 ~0 R7 Z0 K' ?, iStreet watchdogs.
. C9 ^5 J* n9 _+ i7 v; U8 b/ a' u”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,
* q7 M( s, H: rMr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing1 o. E8 R- i7 w" J3 L& }, E; ^3 T# P1 Z
investigation.
) x" j& g9 p4 n4 j3 VWhen investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling
7 }! a- K. g: S2 W8 ~four-hour confession.4 k$ G- }7 q) ~% d! \1 C
Carlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common
' r4 G }3 y4 K# [3 r& L2 l+ Aknowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with
' P) {3 x4 H3 o, Mknowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.( _+ `' `3 Z1 w0 }2 m' {
”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to
% b _2 {% @# B L0 Smake it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught
' m R# L1 ?8 W5 i. Z/ k) `1 u+ N$ yin the moment.”: d( R& Y1 [4 ?
In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of
9 T# L- t( G' f! O }( O& lOsama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.
3 K) u5 Q, k0 ZAll he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”4 M" V& Q5 U( I# L
However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear
+ R5 }3 ?# M" h( ~the technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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