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Jeremy Roebuck Washington Post · 24 Apr, 2026 04:26 AM 6 mins to read Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after being captured by US forces this year. Federal prosecutors have now charged a US soldier with using confidential information to win prediction market wagers about the action. Photo / Getty Images…

A U.S. Army soldier has been indicted on allegations of using his knowledge about the operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro to make profitable wages on Polymarket Photo via Donald Trump/Truth Social/UPI | License Photo April 23 (UPI) -- A U.S. Army special forces soldier who participated in capturing…

A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday. A senior Army Green Beret used his inside knowledge of clandestine operations to make more than $400,000 by betting on the…

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A U.S. special forces soldier was arrested and charged with using classified information about the raid to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to profit from prediction market bets, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.Why it matters: The case lands as regulators and lawmakers intensify scrutiny of prediction markets — offering…

A soldier in the U.S. special forces who participated in the raid on Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has been charged with allegedly betting on the operation. The soldier, later identified as Gannon Ken Van Dyke, allegedly bet approximately $33,034 on the prediction market platform Polymarket toward the outcome of the raid, raking in…

Apr. 23, 2026, 8:20 PM EDT Federal prosecutors have charged a U.S. special forces soldier with using classified intelligence to place winning bets worth more than $400,000 on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year. Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly accessed nonpublic details about a…

A special forces soldier involved in the operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been indicted by the U.S. Justice Department. His alleged crime? Making numerous bets on the prediction market Polymarket that Maduro would be removed from power, for which he is said to have made upwards of…

The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it arrested Gannon Ken Van Dyke, an enlisted member of the US Army’s special forces, for allegedly using “classified, nonpublic” information about the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro to notch more than $400,000 in profits on Polymarket trades. A grand jury indicted…