Soldier charged with making over $400,000 on Maduro raid bet pleads not guilty

Published April 28, 2026 5:05pm ET | Updated April 28, 2026 5:05pm ET



U.S. Army soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke pleaded not guilty Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan federal court after prosecutors accused him of using classified information tied to the U.S. operation to capture former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro

Van Dyke, 38, faces charges of unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud, and making an unlawful monetary transaction after he won more than $400,000 by predicting the raid to capture Maduro. 

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