The Polymarket prediction market website is displayed on a computer screen, January 11, 2026, in New York City. WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS / AP
US Army soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, faces charges for using classified information to bet on online prediction markets related to the US operation to capture former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, the Department of Justice said on Thursday, April 23.
Van Dyke allegedly made over $400,000 by using the online platform Polymarket to bet on outcomes related to US forces arriving in Venezuela's capital, Caracas, and deposing Maduro – an operation he helped plan and execute, according to justice officials. The US military launched strikes on Caracas on January 3, arresting Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores and whisking them to New York to face drug trafficking charges.
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