US Soldier Charged for Insider Trading on Secret Operation to Capture Maduro

Washington D.C. A US soldier has been arrested on charges of online betting based on classified information regarding a military operation to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit alleging that Gannon Kane Van Dyke, a member of the US Army Special Forces, placed bets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on the crypto-based platform Polymarket before Maduro's arrest.

Investigations revealed that Van Dyke, who was part of the military team, had prior knowledge of the timing and outcome of Maduro's capture, earning him a profit of approximately $409,000. It is alleged that the soldier, based at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, misused top-secret information obtained while involved in the planning and execution of the military mission dubbed 'Operation Absolute Resolve' for personal gain.