Soldier Who Nabbed Maduro for Trump Arrested After Betting on Mission

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A U.S. special forces soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested and charged for betting on the mission.

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, was part of the mission to https://www.thedailybeast.com/multiple-explosions-reported-in-venezuelas-capital-of-caracas/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/multiple-explosions-reported-in-venezuelas-capital-of-caracas/">capture Maduro and transport him to the U.S. on Jan 3.

He was also involved in planning in the lead-up to the event, starting on Dec. 8, and had signed non-disclosure agreements requiring him not to divulge “any classified or sensitive information” relating to the mission, the Department of Justice said in a release on Thursday.

Between Dec. 27 and Jan. 2, the day before the operation took place, Van Dyke bet $32,000 that U.S. forces would enter Venezuela and that Maduro would be out by Jan. 31.

Federal prosecutors said that he sent his earnings, which exceeded $400,000, to a foreign cryptocurrency vault before transferring them to an online brokerage account.

He then asked Polymarket to delete his account.

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