Special Forces soldier who allegedly scored $400K using secret Maduro raid info looks the part in NYC court
A U.S. Army Special Forces master sergeant, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, appeared in Manhattan federal court facing charges of using classified information from a secret raid to profit on a prediction market. He allegedly bet $33,000 on the outcome of Operation Absolute Resolve—the January 3 raid that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro—and won over $400,000 on Polymarket. Van Dyke pleaded not guilty and was released on $250,000 bail with travel restrictions and orders to surrender his passport and firearms. The case has intensified scrutiny of prediction markets and their role in potentially enabling insider trading on geopolitical events.
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US News Special Forces soldier who allegedly scored $400K using secret Maduro raid info looks the part in NYC court By Ben Kochman Published April 28, 2026, 5:00 p.m. ET The US soldier who allegedly used classified information to score $400,000 betting on the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro looked every inch the part of a covert operative for court Tuesday. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, wore dark shades and a grimace along with his nondescript open-necked black shirt, navy blue blazer and gray slacks as he headed to Manhattan federal court to face charges of leveraging his inside access to win big on the prediction market Polymarket. “Not guilty, your honor,” the accused master sergeant for the Army’s Special Forces told the judge during his arraignment.
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