00:00A U.S. soldier named Gannon Ken Van Dyke has been charged with using classified information to
00:05profit from bets he made on Polymarket. According to the FBI, the winnings were pretty big.
00:11Quote, Van Dyke profited more than $400,000 by trading various outcomes related to Venezuela
00:16after learning of the operation because of his role as a U.S. Army soldier.
00:21Now, he is an active duty soldier in the Army stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
00:25As part of his role in the military, he signed non-disclosure agreements promising never to
00:30divulge classified or sensitive information. Van Dyke was involved in the planning and execution
00:35of Operation Absolute Resolve, the codename for the capture of former Venezuelan President
00:40Nicolas Maduro. The FBI says between December 27, 2025 and January 2, 2026, Van Dyke made
00:46approximately 13 bets on Polymarket, betting yes on things like U.S. forces in Venezuela by January
00:5331st, 2026. Maduro out by January 31st, 2026. Will the U.S. invade Venezuela by January 31st? You get
01:02the idea. The 38-year-old soldier is facing three counts of violating the Commodity Exchange Act,
01:07one count of wire fraud, and one count of an unlawful monetary transaction.
01:11Together, those charges could get him up to 40 years behind bars.
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