The Guardian | US soldier involved in Maduro raid charged over alleged bets on capture by Uwa Ede-Osifo

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A US soldier, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who helped plan the January operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, was arrested after allegedly wagering more than $400,000 on a prediction‑market platform (Polymarket) that US forces would invade Venezuela and depose Maduro between early December and early January. Charged with commodities and wire fraud and unlawful use of classified information, Van Dyke faces up to 60 years in prison, with DOJ officials condemning the alleged insider‑trading of sensitive intelligence. Polymarket said it had reported the activity to authorities, and the case arrives amid broader scrutiny of prediction‑market betting by public officials, including recent fines on congressional candidates by a rival platform and heightened political debate, highlighted by President Trump’s remarks likening the situation to “Pete Rose betting on his own team.”

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