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Soldier’s arrest comes after pattern of suspicious trades on prediction markets

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace, March 12, 2020, in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
Associated Press4/24/2026

US soldier charged with using classified intel to win $400K on Maduro raid is granted bond

Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January and used his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket, the federal prosecutor’s office in New York said. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a press.

Soldier’s arrest comes after pattern of suspicious trades on prediction markets | CNN Politics
CNN
CNN
Left
4/25/2026

Soldier’s arrest comes after pattern of suspicious trades on prediction markets

After US troops captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January, the image of him handcuffed and blindfolded while wearing a Nike tracksuit wasn’t the only thing that went viral. The Internet was soon buzzing over an anonymous trader on Polymarket, the prediction market, who netted hundreds of thousands of.

Polymarket tries to show it can play by the rules
NBC News
NBC News
Lean Left
4/24/2026

Polymarket tries to show it can play by the rules

Four years after Polymarket paid $1.4 million to settle with U.S. regulators and barred bets from American users, the explosive case against a soldier charged with trading on classified information is offering the prediction market a chance to come in from the cold. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, an active-duty special forces.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace, March 12, 2020, in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
Associated Press4/24/2026

US soldier charged with using classified intel to win $400K on Maduro raid is granted bond

Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January and used his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket, the federal prosecutor’s office in New York said. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a press.