Federal authorities allege that a soldier involved in the operation to capture Venezuelan strongman netted more than $400,000 in profit from Polymarket wagers.
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.
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.
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'
Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who allegedly made more than $400,000 on Polymarket, could face up to 60 years in prisonA US soldier who played a role in the January capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is now in custody after allegedly cashing in over $400,000 on wagers about the politician’s removal from office, federal authorities announced on…
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.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke has been charged with unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly made trades on Polymarket on the basis of classified information, the justice department says.
