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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…

The United States Department of Justice has filed criminal charges against an active-duty soldier for placing a bet on the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, using classified military information for personal profit. On Thursday, prosecutors accused Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, of cashing in on the operation against Maduro,…

A Master Sergeant from Fort Bragg military base in the USA has been arrested and charged for allegedly using classified military intelligence to profit from a prediction market during the capture of Nicolás Maduro. Gannon Ken Van Dyke is accused of wagering $32,000 on the outcome of Operation Absolute Resolve,…

We knew someone made over $400,000 on suspicious Polymarket bets around the US operation to capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, but now we have a name: Gannon Ken Van Dyke. The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced Thursday that Van Dyke is in custody, on several…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. special forces soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an online betting market, federal officials announced Thursday. Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of…

Federal authorities arrested and charged a U.S. special forces soldier who is accused of using classified information about the raid that removed Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro from office to make prediction market bets. The soldier was identified as Gannon Ken Van Dyke in a news release announcing the indictment. Van Dyke…