US soldier charged after winning $400,000 bets on Maduro, Venezuela
Saturday, April 25, 2026
A U.S. Army specialist, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, has been charged with illegal insider trading after allegedly using classified information about the U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to place $400,000‑plus bets on the outcome on Polymarket, the world’s largest
Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a United States soldier, has been charged after allegedly making over $400,000 on the operation that captured Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. Based on the classified intel he was privy to regarding the timing of the military action, the 38-year-old citizen traded on Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction marketplace. The prosecution of […] US soldier charged after winning $400,000 bets on Maduro, Venezuela