A serious indictment has been filed in the United States against Sergeant Major Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a fighter in the US Army's special forces, who is accused of taking advantage of his direct involvement in planning the operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to bet on his success on the gambling site 'Polymarket'.
According to reports, Van Dijk opened an account last December and invested $32,000 in a bet that determined that Maduro would be ousted by the end of January - a bet that received low odds of only 6.5% among the general public.
Van Dijk made no fewer than 13 different bets between late December and January 2, with the last bet being placed just hours before special forces raided Venezuela on January 3.
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After the operation was crowned with success with the capture of Maduro, the soldier won $400,000, which he quickly transferred to a foreign cryptocurrency vault, in an attempt to cover the money's tracks.
The suspicion of financial officials was aroused by the clear characteristics of "insider trading," which led to the opening of the federal investigation.
A similar case was revealed in Israel after an indictment was filed against an Air Force major accused of leaking classified information to a civilian about the start of Operation "Am Kalavi" against Iran. The civilian used the information to gamble at Polymarket and raked in profits of over $160,000, some of which was transferred to the officer in cash and crypto.
