U.S. soldier charged with betting on Maduro raid on Polymarket

U.S. special forces soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke was charged with allegedly making Polymarket bets based on classified information about the Nicolas Maduro raid.

Federal authorities arrested and charged a U.S. special forces soldier who is accused of using classified information about the raid that removed Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro from office to make prediction market bets.

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The soldier was identified as Gannon Ken Van Dyke in a news release announcing the indictment.

Van Dyke “bet a total of approximately $33,034” on the Maduro operation on the prediction market platform Polymarket, federal authorities said. He ultimately made more than $409,000 as a result of the bets placed on the U.S. operation, an unsealed indictment alleges.