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Google Engineer Charged with Insider Trading on Polymarket

A Google engineer based in Zurich has been arrested and charged with using confidential search data to make over $1.2 million through insider betting on the prediction market platform Polymarket. Authorities allege the engineer leveraged privileged information to profit from future events.

29 May, 23:41 — 29 May, 23:41
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VnExpressMixed7h ago

Google engineer charged with using secret search data to make $1.2M on Polymarket

U.S. prosecutors slapped insider trading charges against a Google employee this week, alleging the software engineer used confidential company information to pocket more than US$1.2 million from prediction market platform Polymarket with bets on search trends.

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First report: le-figaro · 29 May, 11:59Full coverage: 6 · 12hWindow: 12h
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le-figaro29 May, 11:59First to report

Un ingénieur de Google accusé d’avoir utilisé des informations confidentielles pour gagner 1,2 million de dollars sur Polymarket

telex29 May, 12:08

Egy Google-fejlesztő úgy kaszált a Polymarketen, hogy előre tudta, kire kerestek rá a legtöbben, letartóztatták

index-hr29 May, 12:43

Googleov inženjer imao povlaštene podatke. Kladio se i zaradio 1.2 milijuna dolara

2h later
nzz29 May, 14:35

Zürcher Google-Angestellter wegen Insiderwetten auf Polymarket verhaftet

4h later
20-minuten29 May, 18:33

Zürcher Google-Ingenieur nutzte Insiderwissen für Millionengewinn

5h later
VnExpress29 May, 23:41Latest update

Google engineer charged with using secret search data to make $1.2M on Polymarket

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