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http://www.centurioncounsel.com/ ... Counselor_Q1-03.pdf2 Y+ W @: B/ j" Q- c U2 k: j+ b& Q
‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING* g: v& c, @6 G5 r( a8 n
Wednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN. B7 Z9 |- {: U T9 q% l
NEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading
- o4 j- ?9 m) W% I8 ^charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!# d. }- ?2 h. j4 n ]
Sources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the7 j m3 Y3 `- c' k
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.: G: g( U, ^4 Y
”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over7 y/ S/ u. P! d/ I" ^( x; E' B7 E
$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be
+ ?6 ~8 J# P! p8 g7 vpure luck.
+ i1 d0 e5 U1 x) x”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers4 L+ @0 n) ~% h; y* a
Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”' Z) j' B/ M2 B' a/ K, T2 g
The past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin
. ^" o3 r$ {, A0 k1 Bmade a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall
+ t4 x; K% f. E! b' S& T+ R1 FStreet watchdogs.. U5 X7 U, _2 ~* Q) u5 Y" ]
”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,) g) L" _: _0 X+ X) I! v* m$ v- k- z
Mr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing
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* D0 t# z5 n3 N1 LWhen investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling
9 r, ~8 S. e- ?: v0 W6 z4 W( Ofour-hour confession.
& M- F; f1 Y1 Q! oCarlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common8 T, K4 K9 j" Q( P l& g
knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with2 a* _ E6 Q$ r: i; Q9 p/ X
knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.# ~( ]/ g5 J6 L8 I( A$ s: x, K4 |
”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to
! C1 p0 R$ ~0 p2 I6 Jmake it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught5 q+ ~* x/ L" [5 x
in the moment.”) W! N* J& b7 z, W( T I" A k5 f
In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of$ F; q. h% |: H5 ^# M% A/ ]
Osama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.
5 _1 B% l5 Q$ ^1 D) ?% g# C- O* P& gAll he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”
) n7 j7 X+ W! a3 r& {However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear
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