Google engineer charged with insider-trading tied to Polymarket bets
TL;DR
A Google software engineer allegedly used confidential company information to place a string of bets on the Polymarket prediction market, earning about $1.2 million, according to a DOJ criminal complaint; the account involved was named AlphaRacoon.
- Google engineer charged with using inside information to win $1.2M on Polymarket The Washington Post
- Google employee charged with $1M Polymarket insider trading bet on search term CNBC
- A Google engineer made $1.2 million by insider trading on Polymarket under the name 'AlphaRaccoon': DOJ Business Insider
- Google worker charged with using internal data to make $1.2m on Polymarket BBC
- Google engineer made $1.2M by placing bets on Polymarket using confidential info, prosecutors allege NBC News
Want the full story? Read the original reporting
Read on The Washington Post