{"id":85348,"date":"2026-04-24T03:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=85348"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:01:39","slug":"us-soldier-charged-for-allegedly-using-sensitive-intel-to-net-400000-on-polymarket-bet-linked-to-nicolas-maduros-capture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=85348","title":{"rendered":"US Soldier Charged For Allegedly Using Sensitive Intel To Net $400,000 On Polymarket Bet Linked To Nicol\u00e1s Maduro&#8217;s Capture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Justice Department charged an Army soldier on Thursday with allegedly using classified details about a mission to capture Venezuela\u2019s ousted leader, <strong>Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/strong>, to profit on <strong>Polymarket<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How A Solder Exploited Classified Intel<\/h2>\n<p>Authorities said that <strong>Gannon Ken Van Dyke<\/strong> had a role in planning and carrying out the military operation, giving him access to \u201csensitive\u201d information.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment says he staked about $33,034, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/26\/01\/49681284\/polymarket-trader-turns-34k-into-436k-by-betting-on-maduros-capture-by-trump-administration\">consistently taking the &#8220;YES&#8221; side of contracts tied to Venezuela,<\/a> including the  U.S. invasion of Venezuela and Maduro\u2019s ouster. All of this occurred ahead of Trump&#8217;s public statement on Jan. 3 confirming Maduro&#8217;s capture.<\/p>\n<p>Van Dyke won all his wagers, allegedly making $409,81 in profits on the <strong>Polygon <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/POL-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"POL\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/\">POL<\/a>)-based prediction market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly betrayed his fellow soldiers by utilizing classified &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/prediction-markets\/26\/04\/52021425\/us-soldier-polymarket-maduro-bet-400k-insider-trading-charges-classified-intel?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"US\" soldier charged for allegedly using sensitive intel to net on polymarket bet linked nicol maduro capture>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Department charged an Army soldier on Thursday with allegedly using classified details about a mission to capture Venezuela\u2019s ousted leader, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, to profit on Polymarket. How A Solder Exploited Classified Intel Authorities said that Gannon Ken Van Dyke had a role in planning and carrying out the military operation, giving him access [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-85348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}