Federal prosecutors say that Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who was involved in the operation to oust Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela, used the information to place bets on a prediction market.
Federal authorities allege that a soldier involved in the operation to capture Venezuelan strongman netted more than $400,000 in profit from Polymarket wagers.
A US Army soldier was arrested and charged for using classified information to profit more than $400,00 on the capture of Maduro betting on Polymarket, a prediction marketplace. The post US Army Soldier Arrested For Using Classified Information to Profit $400,000 on Capture of Maduro with Polymarket Bets appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
A US Army soldier was charged with using classified information about the timing of the US military’s capture of then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to make more than $400,000 trading on Polymarket’s prediction market, the Justice Department said Thursday.
Acting attorney general: 'Federal laws protecting national security information fully apply'
Gannon Ken Van Dyke has been charged with unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain.
A U.S. Army soldier was indicted on Thursday by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for using confidential intel to bet on former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s ouster.…
A U.S. special forces soldier was arrested and charged with using classified information about the raid to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to profit from prediction market bets, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.Why it matters: The case lands as regulators and lawmakers intensify scrutiny of prediction markets — offering a real-world…
