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Army Special Forces Soldier Charged with Wire Fraud for Betting on Venezuela Raid
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Crime·24/4/2026Resumen IA

Army Special Forces Soldier Charged with Wire Fraud for Betting on Venezuela Raid

Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, an Army Special Forces soldier, has been charged with wire fraud for allegedly using classified information about a planned U.S. military raid in Caracas to place profitable bets on Polymarket. He allegedly wagered about $33,000 in more than a dozen bets on whether U.S. forces would be in Venezuela by Jan. 31 and whether Maduro would be out of office, winning nearly $410,000. Van Dyke was released on a $250,000 bond and ordered to appear in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Tuesday.

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Trump “not happy” with prediction markets – says world is a “casino” as Special Forces soldier arrested for insider trading on Polymarket
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24/4/2026

Trump “not happy” with prediction markets – says world is a “casino” as Special Forces soldier arrested for insider trading on Polymarket

Federal prosecutors have charged Gannon Ken Van Dyke, an active-duty U.S. Army soldier who the indictment says has served as a U.S. Army Special Forces master sergeant, with allegedly using classified information about a military operation to make more than $400,000 in prediction-market profits. After months of online discourse around suspected insider trading on Polymarket and Kalshi, […] The post Trump “not happy” with prediction markets – says world is a “casino” as Special Forces soldier arrested for insider trading on Polymarket appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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U.S. Army Special Forces Sergeant Arrested for $400K Betting Using Classified Info on Maduro Capture
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Crime·23/4/2026Resumen IA

U.S. Army Special Forces Sergeant Arrested for $400K Betting Using Classified Info on Maduro Capture

U.S. Army Special Forces master sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, was arrested for allegedly using classified information to win $400,000 on Polymarket prediction markets by betting on the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Van Dyke, stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, participated in the planning and execution of the January 2026 operation that captured Maduro. He faces up to 20 years in prison for wire fraud and is charged with three counts of violating the Commodity Exchange Act and one count of unlawful monetary transaction. The CFTC also filed a civil complaint against him.

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