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

http://observer.com/2014/12/exclusive-new-york-mags-boy-genius-investor…

In an exclusive Observer interview, Mohammed Islam, said to have investment returns of $72 million as a hs senior, admits he invented the whole story

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Any word on how he did on his applications?

I'm talking about liquid. Rich enough to have your own jet. Rich enough not to waste time. Fifty, a hundred million dollars, buddy. A player. Or nothing. See my Blog & AMA
 

OMGNOWAYZ!

Thanks for posting a link to a story any non idiot could have figured out. The bigger story here is how little fact checking modern news media does. That is the real story here.

Follow the shit your fellow monkeys say @shitWSOsays Life is hard, it's even harder when you're stupid - John Wayne
 

The media is a bunch of idiots. Man, they really dropped the ball here.

This kid is fucked in his college apps. I would not be surprised if he ends up at NYU or CUNY.

 

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