Federal officials charge US soldier with using inside info to win $400K bet on Maduro’s capture - AP News

Federal officials charge US soldier with using inside info to win $400K bet on Maduro’s capture  AP News

US soldier charged with making $400,000 on Maduro removal bets - Reuters

US soldier charged with making $400,000 on Maduro removal bets  Reuters

US soldier charged after winning $400,000 betting on removal of Maduro

Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly made trades on Polymarket on the basis of classified information, the justice department says.

Soldier Used Classified Information to Bet on Maduro’s Ouster, U.S. Says

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.

By Benjamin Weiser and Jonah E. Bromwich

U.S. Soldier Charged With Using Classified Information to Bet on Maduro’s Ouster - WSJ

U.S. Soldier Charged With Using Classified Information to Bet on Maduro’s Ouster  WSJ

US soldier charged in prediction market bets on Maduro’s seizure

Member of military was involved in planning Venezuela operation and allegedly made $400,000 on trades about mission

US soldier facing charges for allegedly betting on Maduro operation using intel

The 38-year-old soldier, who used Polymarket to wager, faces one count of wire fraud, one count of an unlawful monetary transaction and three counts of violating the Commodity Exchange Act, according to the indictment. If Van Dyke is convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum sentence of 50 years in prison.

U.S. soldier charged with fraud after pocketing $400,000 through bets on Maduro’s capture

The bet on the seizing of the Venezuelan leader has drawn scrutiny to insider trading within the growing prediction market industry.

By Jeremy Roebuck

US soldier involved in Maduro raid charged over alleged bets on capture

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who allegedly made more than $400,000 on Polymarket, could face up to 60 years in prison A 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 Thursday. Prosecutors say beginning in early December the soldier, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, was involved in planning for the military operation to captu...

By Uwa Ede-Osifo

U.S. soldier charged with suspected Polymarket insider trading over Maduro raid

It's the first time suspected insider trading on Polymarket has led to criminal charges in the U.S.

By Bobby Allyn

Rep. Vindman slams call to pardon US soldier charged over Maduro bet - CNN

Rep. Vindman slams call to pardon US soldier charged over Maduro bet  CNN

Army soldier involved in Maduro capture arrested for allegedly using classified intel to win $410K in bets

A soldier involved in Nicolás Maduro's capture allegedly placed insider bets on Polymarket using classified information, winning nearly $410,000.

US soldier charged with using Polymarket to bet on Nicolas Maduro abduction

The suspect, 38-year-old Gannon Ken Van Dyke, allegedly made $400,000 from insider knowledge of the Venezuela attack.

U.S. soldier involved in Maduro capture accused of profiting from knowledge of raid on Polymarket

A U.S. soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 US in an online betting market, federal officials announced Thursday.

U.S. soldier arrested for $400K winning Polymarket bets on Maduro capture, DOJ says

The arrest comes as concerns have grown about people with inside information making bets on the Polymarket and Kalshi prediction markets.

US soldier allegedly made $400k on Polymarket betting on Maduro raid

Prosecutors say the soldier used classified information of the Maduro operation to place winning bets on Polymarket. The case comes amid other incidents of prediction market bets tied to US government actions.

US soldier charged with using inside info to win US$400,000 bet on Maduro’s capture

A US soldier has been charged with using inside information to win US$400,000 in an online betting market on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s capture, federal officials announced on Thursday. Gannon Ken Van Dyk was part of the operation to capture Maduro in January and used his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket, the federal prosecutor’s office in New York said. Van Dyk was a senior enlisted soldier who was part of the special forces...

By Associated Press

How a U.S. soldier made $400,000 from inside knowledge of Maduro capture plan — and his clumsy attempt to cover it up

A soldier made over $400,000 profiting from inside information on the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro — and made a clumsy attempt to cover it up, according to an indictment.

By Steve Goldstein

US soldier involved in Maduro’s capture charged after winning $400,000 from prediction bets

Military officer Gannon Ken Van Dyke used Polymarket to bet on actions in Venezuela that he helped carry out

By Nicholas Dale Leal

Soldier Involved In Maduro Raid Charged For Insider Polymarket Bets That Won Him $400,000 - Forbes

Soldier Involved In Maduro Raid Charged For Insider Polymarket Bets That Won Him $400,000  Forbes

US soldier accused of using military secrets to win $400,000 on Polymarket

Bloomberg/Getty Images US Army soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke was involved in the planning of US action in Venezuela. Prosecutors say he used classified information to place bets on Polymarket and win $400,000. Prosecutors announced his indictment on Thursday. A US Army soldier was indicted Thursday on charges he used classified military information to make bets on the prediction market Polymarket, winning $400,000. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who worked out of Fort Bragg in North Carolina, was charg...

US special forces soldier arrested after Trump’s DOJ says he won $400,000 betting on Maduro raid

Federal agents arrested a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier involved in the deadly operation to arrest ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after allegedly winning more than $400,000 from a Polymarket bet on his capture.

By Alex Woodward

Special forces soldier charged with making bets on U.S. capture of Maduro

US soldier used secret Maduro raid intel to win $400k betting jackpot, Trump reacts

A US Special Forces soldier, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, has been charged with exploiting classified intelligence from a covert mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. He allegedly used this sensitive information to place bets on an online prediction market, Polymarket, profiting over $400,000.

By TOI WORLD DESK

US soldier involved in Maduro’s capture arrested for using classified intel to win $400,000 bet on Venezuela raid

Gannon Ken Van Dyke: 5 things on US soldier, who was part of Maduro operation, arrested for Polymarket bet on removal

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, US special forces soldier, was arrested for betting on Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro's capture, while being part of the operation.

US soldier charged with making $400,000 on Maduro removal bets - The Straits Times

US soldier charged with making $400,000 on Maduro removal bets  The Straits Times

US soldier charged over bet on Maduro raid in Venezuela

A US special forces soldier involved in the operation to capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 (€342,480) in an online betting market, officials said.

US soldier allegedly bet on Maduro operation using intel

A US soldier faces charges for using classified information to bet on online prediction markets related to the US operation to capture former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, the Department of Justice said Thursday. US Army soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, allegedly made over $400,000 by using the online platform Polymarket to bet on outcomes related to US forces arriving in Venezuela’s capital Caracas and deposing Maduro — an operation he helped plan and ...

By none@none.com (AFP)

US Soldier, Who Used Classified Intel To Win $400,000 Bet On Maduro Raid, Charged

Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the operation to capture Maduro in January and used his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket.

US soldier charged with making $400,000 on Maduro removal bets

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a master sergeant with US Army Special Forces, was charged for making wagers on Polymarket based on confidential government information.

Soldier charged with using classified info to bet on Maduro’s capture

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a 38-year-old special forces soldier, allegedly made more than $400,000 trading on Polymarket's prediction market.

DOJ Arrests U.S Soldier Who Allegedly Made $400,000 Betting on Maduro’s Capture

Gannon Ken Van Dyke is accused of using classified information to make wagers on Polymarket

By Charisma Madarang

US soldier allegedly bet on Maduro operation using intel

US soldier charged over allegedly betting on abduction of Nicolás Maduro

Polymarket said in a statement it had flagged the user who made the bets.

US soldier charged with making $400,000 on Maduro removal bets

Case appears to mark the first time the department has brought insider trading charges involving a prediction market

By Reuters

US Special Forces Soldier Arrested For $400K Maduro Raid Insider Bet

US Special Forces Soldier Arrested For $400K Maduro Raid Insider Bet Federal authorities arrested a US Army special forces soldier Gannon Van Dyke on Thursday for allegedly using classified insider information from the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to place winning bets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on Polymarket - the first known instance of the Department of Justice prosecuting insider trading on such a platform. According to the DOJ, feds claim th...

By Tyler Durden

US soldier arrested for allegedly betting on Maduro operation

The US military launched strikes on Caracas on January 3, arresting Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores and whisking them to New York to face drug trafficking charges. The post US soldier arrested for allegedly betting on Maduro operation appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Henry Oduah

US soldier charged after winning $400,000 betting on removal of Maduro

A US special forces soldier involved in the military operation that captured Nicolas Maduro has been arrested after he allegedly bet on the removal of Venezuela's former leader before the information was publicly available.

By Abubakar Ibrahim