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Soldier won $410K in Polymarket bets on timing of Maduro capture, US alleges

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Soldier won $410K in Polymarket bets on timing of Maduro capture, US alleges
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A US Army soldier was arrested for insider trading after being accused of making prediction-market wagers on the timing of the military's capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Army soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke made a profit of nearly $410,000 by making bets on Polymarket, and he was indicted on charges of unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud, and making an unlawful monetary transac

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