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U.S. Army Master Sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke pleaded not guilty Tuesday to five federal charges over a series of Polymarket bets that turned $33,000 into more than $404,000, in what prosecutors describe as the first insider-trading case ever filed against a prediction-markets trader. Key Takeaways: Van Dyke pleads not…

A U.S. special forces soldier accused of using classified information about the operation to remove Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro from office to make prediction market bets pleaded not guilty to federal charges Tuesday. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, was charged Friday with unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain,…

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Federal prosecutors say the U.S. Treasury Department will allow defense attorneys for Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, to be paid by the Venezuelan government. The move clears a major hurdle in the case, eliminating the risk of lengthy delays over funding disputes and the possibility of U.S. taxpayers…

A US soldier has been charged with using classified military intelligence to win over $400,000 on prediction market Polymarket — betting on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro before the mission was made public. Gannon Van Dyke, a Special Forces master sergeant at Fort Bragg, was granted bond Friday,…

What happened Federal prosecutors in Manhattan on Thursday charged a U.S. special forces soldier with insider trading for allegedly using classified information about the raid on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to net $409,000 on the prediction marketplace Polymarket. Army Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke placed 13 bets on the…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A U.S. special forces soldier was granted bond Friday on charges that he used classified information about the mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to win more than $400,000 on the prediction market Polymarket, a federal magistrate said Friday. The magistrate in North Carolina who…

Skip to Main Content National News Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, was involved in the planning and execution of capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for about a month beginning Dec. 8, 2025, according to the federal prosecutor’s office. The Polymarket prediction market website is displayed on a computer screen, Jan. 11, 2026,…

One of the special forces soldiers involved with capturing Maduro in Venezuela has been arrested for literally betting on himself. BREAKING: DOJ announces it has arrested a US Special Forces soldier who took part in the raid that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro after the soldier allegedly pocketed $400,000 by…

RedState has written at length about the successful extraction of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro from the country in early January, during a U.S. Special Operations Force (SOF) raid known as Operation Absolute Resolve. Under the cover of night, the soldiers accomplished what was called a perfect operation and were hailed…