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Damir Tulemaganbetov

EXCLUSIVE: Follow-up Interview with ‘Boy Genius’ Stock Picker Wonders Why

Why did Mr. Islam do this? Why did he allow people to believe that he was some sort of master investor who was living a Wolf of Wall Street existence?
By Ken Kurson
Mohammed Islam

Exclusive: The ‘$72 Million’ Kid Reveals How He Duped New York Magazine

New York apologized for reporting that a senior at Stuyvesant High School made $72 million dollar in the stock market.
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Stuyvesant High School classmates Damir Tulemaganbetov and Mohammed Islam face the aftermath of a story that turned out not to be true. (5WPR)

EXCLUSIVE: New York Mag’s Boy Genius Investor Made It All Up

EXCLUSIVE: New York Mag's Boy Genius Investor Made It All Up. In an Observer interview, Mohammed Islam, said to have investment returns of $72 million as a high school senior, admits he invented the whole story
By Ken Kurson

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