A special forces soldier with the United States Army, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, has been indicted for insider trading of classified information to make bets on the capture of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro. As per the allegations made against Van Dyke, he participated in Operation Absolute Resolve that took place in January and placed over $33,000 on Polymarket before the news broke to the public about the mission. It is stated that he won over $409,000 from those bets. The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted him with three charges including insider trading, wire fraud, and stealing classified information from the government. Polymarket worked in collaboration with the investigative team and maintained that such insider trading is not welcome on their exchange platform. President Trump had always been critical of the prediction market “global casino” culture.