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…
A soldier for U.S. special forces has been arrested for winning a $400,000 bet that former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro would be out of power by January.CNN reported on Thursday that the soldier opened an account on Polymarket, which allows people to make bets on nearly anything, and placed a $32,000 bet on Maduro's capture. Law enforcement noticed…
The soldier allegedly bet on Nicolás Maduro's removal as president of Venezuela before news of the raid was reported, a law enforcement source told CBS News.
President Donald Trump was asked by a reporter regarding reports of a US special forces member who was involved in the operation to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, placing winning bets on Polymarket and pocketing more than $400,000. Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke was directly involved in the “planning and execution” of Operation Absolute...
The special forces specialist allegedly profited more than $400,000 after betting on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, an operation he was involved in.
U.S. special forces soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke was charged with allegedly making Polymarket bets based on classified information about the Nicolas Maduro raid.
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.
Acting attorney general: 'Federal laws protecting national security information fully apply'
It's the first time suspected insider trading on Polymarket has led to criminal charges in the U.S.
Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg on Friday said that the Army soldier involved in the military raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro who made more than $400,000 betting on the operation “can’t be that stupid.” Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a soldier stationed at Fort Bragg who was involved in the planning of the operation, has been…
