Michele Spagnuolo allegedly used insider information to profit from bets on people on Google's most-searched list.

A Google staffer fraudulently made more than $1 million by using inside information to place Polymarket bets on what users were searching for on Google, authorities say.

Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo charged with commodities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering for allegedly using confidential search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket.