He United States Department of Justice This Thursday he accused a soldier of using classified information about the capture of the president deposed of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduroto make How a US soldier used secret information about Nicolás Maduro to win US$400 thousand in bets with which he won a few US$400 thousand.
The soldier, Gannon Ken Van Dyke38 years old, participated in the planning and execution of the operation that led to the capture of Maduro on January 3, and used the information to profit in Polymarketone of the main prediction markets, according to a statement.
Van Dyke, who was parked in a military base in North Carolinamade 13 bets between December 27 and December 2 January of 2026 and “took steps to hide your identity as the ‘trader’ in markets related to Ripe and Venezuela,” adds the note.
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Claytonwho is leading the case, highlighted that the soldier’s actions were “clearly insider trading (insider trading)” and warned that prediction markets are not a “shelter” for that scourge.
The soldier, subject to confidentiality agreementswas involved in the call “Operation Absolute Resolution” from December 8, 2025.
On the 26th was when he created an account on Polymarket and started making bets related to Ripe and Venezuela worth US$33 thousandanswering “yes” to positions on whether the chavista leader would be “out” before December 31, 2026among others.
The president of the USA, donald trumpasked by the press, said not knowing the news but he remembered the case of the baseball player Pete Rosewho was banned from the league MLB precisely becausebet on your own team“, in the words of the president.
The man is accused of three crimes of violating the Commodity Exchange Lawone of electronic fraud and another of monetary transaction illegal, with maximum sentences ranging from 10 to 20 years in prison for each count, if convicted.