Special Forces soldier won $400K in Polymarket bets on Maduro raid, feds say
A US Army Special Forces soldier has been arrested and charged with using classified information to place bets. The soldier, assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, allegedly used this information to bet on the timing of US operations in Venezuela. The bets, totaling around $33,000, were placed through Polymarket, resulting in winnings of over $409,000.
The indictment was unsealed recently, but attorneys for the soldier could not be reached for comment. Further details on the case are available from the source, including the soldier's involvement in the planning and execution of the relevant operation and the use of a VPN to create a Polymarket account.
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