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Teen "investor" admits telling elaborate lie about making $72 million

Stuyvesant High School student Mohammed Islam told New York Magazine he made $72 million investing in the stock market. After much hype, the self-described teen tycoon now admits to the New York Observer that he made it all up. Michelle Miller reports.
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