US soldier accused of making $560,000 on Maduro capture Polymarket bets | ABC NEWS
A US soldier has been charged with making hundreds of thousands of dollars by betting on the removal of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke was involved in the capture of the fallen leader and is accused of using classified information to make wagers on Polymarket weeks before Maduro’s removal. Donald Trump says he will ‘look into’ the reports and says the ‘whole world has become a casino.’
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