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http://www.centurioncounsel.com/ ... Counselor_Q1-03.pdf! s7 q1 X2 }) _; P C9 P7 W
‘TIME-TRAVELER’ BUSTED FOR INSIDER TRADING1 I) i; P( ~4 V% @. J; {
Wednesday March 19, 2003 By CHAD KULTGEN
7 c5 |; u$ b" Q, Z& p' z4 uNEW YORK — Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading
' B8 M/ r- h" C+ [( e1 V7 \charges — and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!
& X% K7 b2 s; o; z! q# K0 vSources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the
6 }/ E& j. B. m* B7 W* j5 nbizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January- t7 B+ m# Y [" g
28.
, d# W" k* A. ]7 }”We don’t believe this guy’s story — he’s either a lunatic or a pathological liar,” says an SEC insider.
# P( J% z* Z: f9 D”But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks’ time he had a portfolio valued at over
) T( l) {0 c G; `, P. b$350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can’t be
; o" S7 q( U. Q0 _pure luck.$ `) u! _8 B) q: A: l
”The only way he could pull it off is with illegal inside information. He’s going to sit in a jail cell on Rikers# O% Q6 u/ n) g# Z
Island until he agrees to give up his sources.”6 L: ^ I. o5 k& b/ [% u6 P3 F# n+ l
The past year of nose-diving stock prices has left most investors crying in their beer. So when Carlssin
$ S3 [' N0 ?/ M6 C8 V3 @( o' V" Fmade a flurry of 126 high-risk trades and came out the winner every time, it raised the eyebrows of Wall$ s* X. r5 v& x: i
Street watchdogs.9 W, `. P( o7 Y/ M5 \; a
”If a company’s stock rose due to a merger or technological breakthrough that was supposed to be secret,! P6 L p/ S- _ L
Mr. Carlssin somehow knew about it in advance,” says the SEC source close to the hush-hush, ongoing
( O( ?7 U& r6 N# K. |/ \investigation.
$ m! L& W8 v' t' R! Y+ bWhen investigators hauled Carlssin in for questioning, they got more than they bargained for: A mindboggling
( D* E$ N+ t) C7 y4 `8 H6 b) c( xfour-hour confession.5 X* w6 v$ \! n
Carlssin declared that he had traveled back in time from over 200 years in the future, when it is common
5 l. x: k; k; p' xknowledge that our era experienced one of the worst stock plunges in history. Yet anyone armed with
; K! z5 I) c* t9 c8 j$ cknowledge of the handful of stocks destined to go through the roof could make a fortune.
8 ^8 @8 f. ? e/ ]' V" {3 C”It was just too tempting to resist,” Carlssin allegedly said in his videotaped confession. “I had planned to6 f2 n2 o8 c8 D1 n6 ~2 p, v
make it look natural, you know, lose a little here and there so it doesn’t look too perfect. But I just got caught
5 D- q8 Q$ H! S# `3 j. [" l; z! min the moment.”
- ^' \ Z5 I* U5 A+ S5 `In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge “historical facts” such as the whereabouts of
7 F5 ?: C6 Q4 ]3 j' `( rOsama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.
! B8 m6 f7 ]. K' v' U& k& _All he wants is to be allowed to return to the future in his “time craft.”
. o" P, a% z9 c, [. O: t# L+ H7 }However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear! i( P, q Y# _& F& H# h$ P J
the technology could “fall into the wrong hands.” |
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