White House Teleprompter Operator Fined for Speech Insider Trading
A former White House teleprompter operator has agreed to pay over $170,000 to settle federal investigations into illegal prediction market trading. Regulators found the aide used confidential information about President Trump’s upcoming speeches to profit from financial bets.
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Trump Teleprompter Pays $170,000 to End Insider Trading Probe
A White House teleprompter operator will pay more than $172,000 to end a federal regulator’s probe into alleged well-timed prediction market bets about President Donald Trump’s speeches.
By Nicola M White
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White House Teleprompter Operator Settles Insider-Trading Probe WSJ
Read full article →White House teleprompter operator fined, forfeits winnings for betting on Trump’s words
A former White House teleprompter operator accused of using inside knowledge to make bets on the prediction market Kalshi has been ordered to turn over more than US$100,000 in profits and pay a US$65,000 fine as part of a settlement with federal authorities. The settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, announced on Friday, also dealt Gabriel Perez a three-year trading ban. Perez was placed on unpaid leave from his job at the White House after reports emerged that he used his...
By Associated Press
Read full article →CFTC fines former White House aide $172,000 for trading on Trump speech information
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