Kalshi said the U.S. Army Special Forces soldier who was indicted and arrested this week for betting on the January raid that led to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro‘s capture was banned from the online prediction market platform.
On Thursday, federal prosecutors accused Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, of using classified government information to make over $400,000 in profits from betting on the U.S. mission in Venezuela through Polymarket, another prediction market. He was charged with wire fraud and other charges stemming from the alleged scheme to financially benefit himself.
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