US soldier charged with using classified intel to win $400K Polymarket bet on Maduro raid
- Posted on April 24, 2026
- By Chicago Tribune
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A U.S. military officer faces federal charges for allegedly exploiting classified information regarding a covert operation against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to generate substantial profits through cryptocurrency prediction markets. The defendant, who participated in the January raid, allegedly leveraged insider knowledge of strategic military operations on the Polymarket platform, raising serious concerns about national security breaches and illegal financial gain through confidential government intelligence.
US soldier charged with using classified intel to win $400K Polymarket bet on Maduro raid
Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the operation to capture Maduro in January and used his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket, the federal prosecutor’s office in New York said.
