A US Special Forces soldier was arrested on April 23rd for using classified information about the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to place bets on Polymarket – winning more than $400,000.
Read more at: https://nypost.com/2026/04/23/us-news/us-special-forces-soldier-used-secret-intel-for-400k-winning-polymarket-bet-on-maduros-capture/
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