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" r% F8 e! z# L8 p4 V‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING
* C; F' F6 Q& j* a- K8 xWednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN% U. J6 ~- i) E, \. G
NEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading/ d8 K% ?( B+ A1 i1 B* r$ ?
charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!
! T2 n6 Z2 s9 H! w* WSources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the6 `/ x/ O& C& a' P4 J) [
bizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January
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; N' I5 ~8 [6 v' S, c”We don’t believe this guy’s story — he’s either a lunatic or a pathological liar,” says an SEC insider.- Y2 m# @7 I: E0 x, B; |
”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over
$ j" M" V; u, Q0 n: m7 p+ z) }$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be
* [+ Q3 b% k/ F# c6 E! p6 Bpure luck.
) k: y8 i$ ~. v”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers
" N3 Z9 X7 l2 _& q' A# @Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”
, I! c' J! c/ WThe past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin
4 p' E' N+ j" l0 {4 D" t/ e& dmade a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall6 @) X- S9 N y* @5 ?4 @2 v
Street watchdogs.* U, A" g; c8 B m; |6 m* k' Q
”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,: }! i6 y8 ~) Z+ W% P
Mr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing& g) Z0 M# }# \
investigation.; F' J4 R( a& E. w: o. A. P+ }
When investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling
; O0 L- q$ i/ x7 Ofour-hour confession.
; @7 I. d9 ~- F qCarlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common
/ {" Y2 t$ l, Hknowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with8 p5 d S9 _4 D7 G& e
knowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.
* r& b' u+ s; |, u& a”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to
% j+ v+ p( D2 M. O$ F Qmake it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught( Z6 [( e" D& A6 l% n
in the moment.”' S' J! o4 O4 u; O. O4 d
In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of
+ G2 B H d* F& v1 f: L2 ]! M S4 `Osama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.
0 R/ c- S% q/ C- M! a( V) e/ YAll he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”0 c+ F N0 J* _& j' t5 |
However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear
3 x$ i1 k% }1 b" q& \4 tthe technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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