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ooli3@sopuli.xyz to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 2 months ago

US soldier arrested for allegedly making over $400,000 on Polymarket with classified Maduro information

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US soldier arrested for allegedly making over $400,000 on Polymarket with classified Maduro information

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ooli3@sopuli.xyz to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 2 months ago
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US soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke has been arrested and charged for placing bets on prediction marketplace Polymarket using classified information he had access to related to the capture of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.
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  • Ascrod@midwest.social
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    So it’s bad if a regular G.I. Joe does it, but perfectly acceptable for members of the administration to do it. Gotcha, gotcha.

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      He was just enlisted he knows the rules, you have to be an officer to do a free money hack.

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        Damn

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    he broke the biggliest law.

    don’t steal money from rich grifters.

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    I’m telling you the whole market thing is a Honey Pot for those who want the information over anything else.

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    See guys it wasn’t the president after all.

    I wonder if that soldier knows what a polymarket is.

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