U.S. soldier involved in Maduro raid charged with betting on the operation
The special forces soldier allegedly made more than $400,000 on Polymarket as a result of the bets, prosecutors say.
April 23, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT / Updated April 24, 2026, 7:05 AM EDT
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Federal authorities arrested and charged a U.S. special forces soldier who is accused of using classified information about the raid that removed Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro from office to make prediction market bets.
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Van Dyke was charged with “unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud, and making an unlawful monetary transaction.”
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Not trying to excuse bad behavior But I can understand the moral confusion of some poor guy trying to make a buck.
When does this standard apply to Congress? Seems two faced.
And, FBI Director Kash Patel, as well as Attorney General Todd Blanche, “makes clear no one is above the law” is absolute <synonym for excrement from a male cow>! Remember the “Epstein files” and then tell me there are not TWO standards of “justice” — one for the rabble and another for the political class!
Argh!
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