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Google worker charged with using internal data to make $1.2m on bets
The longtime Google employee was charged in New York for allegedly breaking insider trading laws.
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DOJ charges Google staffer over Polymarket trades netting $1.2 million
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It's the second known case of the federal government filing criminal charges against someone who allegedly used insider information to make a large profit on a prediction market site.
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Google employee accused of making over $1.2M by insider trading on Polymarket
A software engineer at Google is facing federal charges after allegedly betting on confidential company information on Polymarket, netting more than $1.2 million in profits.
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Google Employee Charged With Insider Trading on Polymarket
Federal prosecutors allege a software engineer made more than $1 million using nonpublic information to bet on who would be the most-searched people of 2025.
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Ex-US government official arrested after $40 million in gold bars found in home
Agents also found about $2 million in cash and 35 luxury watches in the home of David Rush, who court filings say had top secret clearance.
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'Outrageous!' Lawyer alarmed as Trump DOJ files criminal charges against E. Jean Carroll
Former White House ethics chief Norm Eisen was beside himself with fury on CNN over news that the Trump administration is pursuing a criminal investigation into former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who claimed President Donald Trump raped her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.A jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation after he left office the first time; he has maintained his innocence and fought furiously in appeal after appeal to get the verdict and damages thrown out."So, Norm, first off, what's your reaction to the DOJ launching this criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll?" asked Anderson Cooper."Anderson, it's so outrageous," said Eisen."Every American should be appalled at this pattern of Donald Trump utilizing the most fearsome power of our president, the investigation and possible prosecution of individuals whom he perceives to be his adversaries," said Eisen. "First, it was Tish James. That case was thrown out. Then Jim Comey. That case was thrown out. He's going after Comey again. That case is going to meet the same fate.""This is garbage," he added. "And it is alarming because it is a classic sign of authoritarians. Dictators would blush at Donald Trump's abuse of his criminal powers. And it's not American." - YouTube www.youtube.com
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Google employee charged with insider trading on Polymarket
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a Google employee with insider trading on Polymarket. In a seven-page complaint filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York (SNDY), the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleged that 36-year-old Michele Spagnuolo, a software engineer at Google, exploited his access to confidential, nonpublic data on Google’s “Year in…
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Why Biden Is Suing the DOJ—and What Trump Has Said About It
"What's happening now isn't about transparency. It's about politics," said Biden's spokesperson in an email to TIME.
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San Diego fires staffer who brought Oscar winner ‘One Battle After Another’ to the city
Southern California city makes what could be a very costly decision to eliminate staffer credited with bringing millions of dollars into the city after spearheading filming for “One Battle After Another” in San Diego.
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