{"id":150258,"date":"2026-04-23T22:29:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150258"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:29:41","slug":"us-soldier-charged-with-using-inside-info-to-win-us400000-bet-on-maduros-captureunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150258","title":{"rendered":"US soldier charged with using inside info to win US$400,000 bet on Maduro\u2019s captureUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostA US soldier has been charged with using inside information to win US$400,000 in an online betting market on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro\u2019s capture, federal officials announced on Thursday.<br \/>\nGannon Ken Van Dyk was part of the operation to capture Maduro in January and used his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket, the federal prosecutor\u2019s office in New York said.<br \/>\nVan Dyk was a senior enlisted soldier who was part of the special forces&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3351220\/us-soldier-charged-using-inside-info-win-us400000-bet-maduros-capture?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostA US soldier has been charged with using inside information to win US$400,000 in an online betting market on Venezuelan President&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150258"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}