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"Time-Traveler" Busted For Insider Trading

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the making-the-rounds dept.

Chester sent in a story that has been making the rounds for a bit, but if you haven't bumped into it, "Yahoo! TV came up with this weird story about a guy who caught police's attention by gaining $350 million from mere $800 in two weeks. The twisted part is that he justifies his knowledge about stocks by saying he is a time-traveler from year 2256!"

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  1. idiots @ /. by BWS · · Score: 0, Troll

    Weekley World News is a tabloid.. like those who say Elvis is alive and working at Microsoft!

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  2. I'm crying inside by MasterSLATE · · Score: 1, Troll

    This hurts me to see /. posting this type of crap. After hearing this stupid story a few weeks ago, I've decided to completely disregard Yahoo! as a news source of any kind. That type of crap shouldn't be posted on a trusted news service, such as Yahoo! They didn't really post anything that says that the story is just that, a story. They barely said the WWN was following it.

    Another note: Many people have no idea what the WWN is; and given its name alone, it sounds like a somewhat trustable source. Bad bad bad Yahoo! and bad Taco!

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