JUST IN: U.S. ARMY GREEN BERET ARRESTED FOR $400K POLYMARKET BETS ON MADURO RAID
DOJ charged Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke (Fort Bragg) for using classified intel on the Maduro capture to place bets on Polymarket.
▪️ Staked ~$33K on 13 bets (Dec 27 – Jan 2)
▪️ Profited $409K+ after the Jan 3 raid
▪️ Moved funds to a foreign crypto wallet
▪️ Tried to delete account once flagged
Charges: wire fraud, commodities fraud, theft of classified info.
🔥 FIRST-EVER DOJ insider trading case on a prediction market.
🔥 FIRST-EVER CFTC charges tied to event contracts.
Polymarket itself flagged the trades. Regulators are now locked onto prediction markets.