DOJ Case Against Soldier’s Polymarket Trade Turns a Prediction-Market Scandal Into a Test of the Industry’s Credibility

A U.S. Army Special Forces master sergeant, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, has been indicted after federal prosecutors alleged he used classified information about the January operation to capture Nicolás Maduro to make more than $400,000 trading on Polymarket. The Justice Department said Van Dyke used confidential knowledge about the timing of the operation to place … Continue reading DOJ Case Against Soldier’s Polymarket Trade Turns a Prediction-Market Scandal Into a Test of the Industry’s Credibility