Six-figure windfall tied to Maduro raid sparks insider-trading charges
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A U.S. Army specialist at Fort Bragg has been charged with insider trading after allegedly using classified, nonpublic information about the Venezuela raid that captured Nicolas Maduro to place bets on Polymarket, earning about $409,000; the DOJ and CFTC accuse him of unlawful use of government information, theft of nonpublic data, commodities and wire fraud, with Polymarket cooperating and investigators pursuing the case.
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