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, which ultimately yielded him a $400,000 payout.
According to federal prosecutors, Van Dyke opened an account on the prediction platform Polymarket just weeks before the covert mission.
He placed several long-shot bets between December and January, predicting that Maduro would be removed from power by the start of the year.
