Soldier won $410K in Polymarket bets on timing of Maduro capture, US alleges

A U.S. Army soldier, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, was arrested for allegedly using classified information about a military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to profit from $410,000 in Polymarket prediction-market bets. The Department of Justice charged him with insider trading, theft of government secrets, and fraud related to 'Operation Absolute Resolve.'