 鲜花( 170)  鸡蛋( 0)
|

楼主 |
发表于 2008-1-12 08:13
|
显示全部楼层
http://www.centurioncounsel.com/ ... Counselor_Q1-03.pdf
" x: U3 N6 d) T$ M‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING
4 X9 J2 o8 L6 _, e* q4 _Wednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN
" e) w+ H$ p9 Z) J4 bNEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading
. a& W+ Y( Y* bcharges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!
5 @; N8 F' B3 _8 OSources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the' @* V) v3 L8 S/ _2 D: H
bizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January } Q0 X9 l. F' ^5 ^2 K) q$ L! C7 F
28.
! P) a: a' c8 H4 y/ E9 d* U”We don’t believe this guy’s story — he’s either a lunatic or a pathological liar,” says an SEC insider.
9 @& n- n) {' }% G”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over8 r9 z( N! a \: P
$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be1 Z( R) z. t& c- T- M# u
pure luck.. D5 C( S2 A# C2 j/ Q+ q( J0 H
”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers a0 g# Y% e: A
Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”9 Z9 J" E. a% D6 e3 L3 P4 o
The past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin }. g g3 g7 u% L6 w' I, O% i0 B$ k
made a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall
$ |( [+ N3 R" q1 y$ ~, S9 n6 AStreet watchdogs.' \4 v" R" J% P* t
”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret," W8 L' i' w# g1 Z
Mr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing6 h! N+ b! p+ ~. k/ k
investigation./ f! ?) P9 t0 _6 G8 L E/ r8 J
When investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling
; P# c6 I5 b: @, K# Kfour-hour confession.
2 D \* s3 h6 K; b& g* k+ @* v8 xCarlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common. b9 J2 R3 J. F
knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with: m" x' I' M, q
knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.) h9 D( K$ t6 }# M o# ~ j
”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to
, d: W# U" K% p" T6 Xmake it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught
( a- f6 C/ Z( R! L9 ~; Min the moment.”
+ V$ y1 J4 j4 \6 p# c) [In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of
( ~" x. B$ {/ {Osama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.
' f) \/ v, N' q* t1 xAll he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”
: _2 i" G6 p. T8 w7 H& C6 \However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear
7 S( K! Y Z, e* `; v5 athe technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
|