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http://www.centurioncounsel.com/ ... Counselor_Q1-03.pdf" I8 O. @0 E0 \' S
‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING
0 i$ M) x1 U: q0 N* D6 X9 b5 k0 KWednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN
& ?4 [9 P& {, Y: r: VNEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading
+ {# X1 D3 }6 M- h8 v, Icharges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!% O N/ ]- v% a" ~: A% Q
Sources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the
w+ C$ }' n- S; P! zbizarre 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.* ]5 v1 j' q, H( i! i9 g
”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over
+ I/ X1 _$ q2 L: o" o* F* ^; v, P) N$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be
u) H% m- F9 j- o8 Lpure luck.* d+ [& H" F7 G3 R$ s- B% _6 l0 `5 u3 b7 ]
”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers+ H* o4 @" M+ ~' y/ ~- c
Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”! ]1 J$ L2 ^# t& Z( U. f
The past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin
+ B& _9 u5 o" v9 m5 ^: fmade a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall! b, Z+ v: u) u) T/ I
Street watchdogs.
o# h: l1 d$ m- x( L: M$ G”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,
, X P- _0 C5 p9 t! f6 Q( I4 dMr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing9 n% C7 g, Q8 K+ p* y
investigation.
7 m- b7 q+ n( a6 N7 m: tWhen investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling' \' [, q! E# Q/ O, t4 q
four-hour confession.
+ n4 P2 o- t& b( ^, N# A% dCarlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common- O+ L! a% o9 O: f- y8 M4 }
knowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with
' n6 D$ |. W' wknowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.
8 R$ W8 P. D, u$ p8 W8 F”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to; Y7 k3 d1 _0 ?: G- g
make it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught% X! t( o L* T5 G) A/ R$ p* G1 |
in the moment.”! U% B# Y, K$ H% z
In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of* _( c7 z" O% E3 j& n
Osama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.! J$ _) @+ _4 l" g% W
All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”
. x" R1 Z- y9 l4 XHowever, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear
/ M7 N4 H( M. X* x7 mthe technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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