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Ex-Soldier Charged $400K Insider Bet on Maduro Capture

4/24/2026

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Gannon Ken Van Dyk allegedly earned $400,000 betting on a market about Nicolás Maduro’s capture and was charged in New York court for using classified information to bet on Polymarket.
The indictment says he helped plan and execute the Maduro capture operation from Dec 8 2025 as a special-forces soldier at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
He faces charges of misuse of government and nonpublic information, commodities and wire fraud, and transaction fraud.

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Gannon Ken Van Dyk allegedly earned $400,000 betting on a market about Nicolás Maduro’s capture and was charged in New York court for using classified information to bet on Polymarket.
The indictment says he helped plan and execute the Maduro capture operation from Dec 8 2025 as a special-forces soldier at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
He faces charges of misuse of government and nonpublic information, commodities and wire fraud, and transaction fraud.