and now it turns out that another blockbuster story .
in an exclusive interview with mr. islam and his friend damir tulemaganbetov , who also featured editor 's note : in the most recent edition of new york , its annual reasons to love new york issue , the magazine published this story about a stuyvesant high school senior named mohammed islam , who was rumored to have made $ 72 million trading stocks .
 
islam said his net worth was in the " high eight figures . "
as part of the research process , the magazine sent a fact - checker to stuyvesant , where islam now says his entire story was made up .
a 17 - year - old queens boy 's $ 72 million earned on the stock market are " about as real as monopoly money , " a public relations firm for the teen said late monday .
the ny magazine article about mohammed islam is inaccurate , " ronn torossian , president of 5w public relations , told nbc news . "
after the story 's publication , people questioned the $ 72 million figure in the headline , which was written by editors based on the rumored figure .
mohammed islam 's story about a stuyvesant high school was first published by new york magazine and soon after went viral .