My starting point was the very day I received the tip.
At that moment, I had already invested my entire fortune into ATI through a trading app and was watching the results unfold.
Average Purchase Price: $5
Shares Purchased: 40,000
Total Investment: $200,000
“Alright.
Let’s see this thing take off.”
Starting the very next day, the stock began hitting its daily limit-up.
After more than a month, the streak finally ended, and the price settled into a pattern of steady growth.
Now this was the key moment.
I remembered the exact date ATI would be hacked.
I had been waiting for that day.
The day before the announcement, the stock was still moving steadily.
One hour before the market closed, I dumped every share I owned at $500 per share, slightly below the market price of $530.
The 40,000 shares disappeared from my portfolio in an instant.
A total sale amount of $20,000,000 appeared on the screen.
I threw my hands into the air.
“Yes!
This is it!
Well done, Luke!
I actually did it!” You are reading on novelping.com, the official source.
The “Investment Room” scenario would end tomorrow.
After the news broke.
The next day, the exact same news was announced.
Today, government authorities officially confirmed that ATI suffered a cyberattack by an unidentified hacker, resulting in the theft of approximately $100 million worth of cryptocurrency.
As a result, the blockchain…
The stock price immediately began to collapse.
But contrary to my expectations, I wasn’t sent back to reality.
Instead, I watched ATI eventually get delisted a month and a half later.
“What?”
“Why am I still here?”
Ding-dong.
“Who is it?”
“Federal prosecutors.
Is Luke home?”
Prosecutors?
What for?
I opened the front door.
Standing outside was a middle-aged man in a suit, along with several others lined up behind him.
Each of them was carrying empty boxes.
“I’m Luke.
“I’m Prosecutor Andrew with the FBI.”
He held out a warrant.
“We have reason to believe you conspired with a market manipulation group and obtained illegal profits.
A search warrant has been issued.”
The judge’s seal was clearly stamped on the document.
I was immediately taken to the FBI field office in Seattle.
The investigation lasted an entire month.
I insisted I was innocent, but— the friend who had given me the information turned out to be a member of the manipulation group.
I had met him the day before making the investment.
And then, one day before the news was released, I sold every share I owned.
Those facts became the most damning evidence against me.
The judge declared that my actions were deliberate and malicious.
As a result, he sentenced me to twenty years in prison.
Bang.
Bang.
Bang.
The gavel came down.
I was taken into custody.