Polymarket claims arrest of U.S. soldier accused of making Maduro bet is "proof the system works"
CBS News
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A U.S. special forces soldier was arrested Thursday for allegedly using confidential government information to make more than $400,000 off the arrest of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Polymarket.
CBS News homeland security correspondent Nicole Sganga has the details.
Then, Dennis Kelleher, CEO of financial regulation nonprofit Better Markets, joins with analysis.
Soldier arrested for Maduro bets
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- U.S. soldier arrested for allegedly using insider information to make bets on Maduro removal CBS News —
- U.S. soldier charged with using classified Maduro raid intel to win $400,000 on a prediction market Quartz —
- US soldier charged over prediction market bets tied to Maduro capture 📹 Reuters —