PBS NewsHour - The Latest | U.S. soldier pleads not guilty to using Maduro raid intel to win $400,000 on Polymarket by Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

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A U.S. special‑forces soldier, 38‑year‑old Gannon Ken Van Dyke, pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court to charges that he used classified information about the operation to capture former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to earn more than $400,000 on the prediction‑market platform Polymarket. Prosecutors allege he illegally accessed confidential government data, placed a series of $33,000 bets that Maduro would be out of power by Jan. 31, and profited over $404,000; they plan to present grand‑jury subpoenas, cryptocurrency records and social‑media evidence. Van Dyke was released on $250,000 bail with travel limits to parts of New York, North Carolina and California and must return for a pre‑trial conference on June 8. The case comes amid growing scrutiny of prediction markets and calls for tighter regulation, highlighted by the Trump administration’s supportive stance toward platforms such as Polymarket and its competitor Kalshi.

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