Green Beret Bet Big on Maduro's Removal While Building Real Estate Empire
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Master Sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke of the US Army Special Forces is charged with using confidential government information to profit from bets on Nicolás Maduro’s removal via Polymarket, allegedly cashing out about $400,000 after Maduro's capture; prosecutors say he concealed his identity, moved funds through crypto and a foreign vault, then to a brokerage, while running a Fort Bragg-based real estate business and an Airbnb retreat and facing separate insider-trading allegations in a CFTC suit.
- Gannon Ken Van Dyke: The other life of US soldier accused of betting on Maduro's removal BBC
- US soldier charged with using intel to win $400K on Maduro raid to appear in court in NYC AP News
- U.S. soldier involved in Maduro raid charged with betting on the operation NBC News
- Gambling Companies Celebrate Indictments as Pressure Grows The New York Times
- Soldier’s arrest comes after pattern of suspicious trades on prediction markets CNN
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