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NPR Topics: Home Page Top Stories | U.S. soldier charged with suspected Polymarket insider trading over Maduro raid by Bobby Allyn

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Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment against 38‑year‑old U.S. Army soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke, accusing him of exploiting confidential information about the January 2026 U.S. raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to profit from prediction‑market bets on Polymarket. Van Dyke, who served at Fort Bragg and helped plan the predawn operation, allegedly wagered under multiple usernames, trading about $32,000 on Maduro’s arrest and earning more than $400,000. He now faces charges including wire fraud, commodities fraud and misuse of non‑public government information, marking the first criminal case in the United States against someone for insider trading on a prediction‑market platform, while similar allegations have recently emerged in Israel involving bets on Iranian military actions.

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