Google Engineer Charged Over Insider Trading Linked to Polymarket Bets
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Federal prosecutors charged Google staff information security engineer Michele Spagnuolo with money laundering, commodities fraud and wire fraud for allegedly using confidential internal data to place about $1.2 million in Polymarket bets tied to Google's Year in Search 2025; he was arrested in New York, released on a $2.25 million bond, and placed on leave as Google, Polymarket, and regulators investigate.
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- NY federal prosecutors charge Google engineer with making roughly $1.2 million in profits on Polymarket CNN
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- Google Security Engineer Arrested in Million-Dollar Polymarket Trading Scheme WIRED
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