US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid
6 hours ago
- #Insider Trading
- #US Military
- #Venezuela
- A US special forces soldier involved in capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was arrested for allegedly betting on the operation, profiting $400,000.
- Master Sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke placed bets on Polymarket, wagering $32,000 that Maduro would be 'out' by January, and faces five criminal charges.
- Van Dyke made 13 bets from December 27 to January 2, transferring profits to a foreign cryptocurrency vault before depositing them in an online brokerage account.
- US authorities emphasized that individuals with access to national secrets must not use such information for personal financial gain.
- After the bets, the US military conducted a covert operation to extradition Maduro from Caracas, and he now faces federal drug-trafficking charges in New York.