US EditionUS Army Soldier Charged With Insider Trading Over Alleged Polymarket Bets on Maduro's Capture
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Active since 2008, Dyke is believed to have been involved in planning and executing the operation in Venezuela. He was accused of making 13 bets with profits exceeding 340,000 euros, and of attempting to conceal them.
Analysis by Aaron Blake, CNN: For the first time, we are seeing legal accountability sought for the surge of suspiciously timed speculative trading in prediction markets, just before major decisions by the Trump administration. The Justice Department has charged a U.S. special forces soldier who allegedly used classified information to make $400,000 on Polymarket by profiting from the January U.S. operation to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás M…
US Army Soldier Charged With Insider Trading Over Alleged Polymarket Bets on Maduro's Capture
According to U.S. officials, the case against Gannon Ken Van Dyke marks the first time that the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission has pursued insider trading charges for conduct involving event contracts.
Sergeant Major made an online bet on the capture of the former president of Venezuela, before participating in the capture operation. He is accused of revealing confidential secrets and will have to sit in front of the court. Read more
Day by Day News USA – US authorities have filed charges against an Army soldier accused of using classified information about the operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to place illegal bets and earn millions of dollars. According to the Department of Justice, the soldier, identified as Gannon Ken Van Dyke, allegedly accessed sensitive data due to his participation in a military operation and used it to bet on p…
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