Santos hit with penalties and Kalshi ban over Trump SOTU bets
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Federal regulators fined former Rep. George Santos more than $35,000 and banned him from Kalshi for three years after finding he profited from trades tied to President Trump’s State of the Union address; Santos placed bets on whether he would attend the speech and later said he would miss it, prompting the CFTC investigation and settlement that resolved the allegations without admitting wrongdoing.
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- George Santos agrees to $35,000 settlement in federal probe over Kalshi trades NBC News
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