Soldier Pleads Not Guilty to Using Information on Maduro Capture to Win Bets
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
NEW YORK — A U.S. Special Forces soldier pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of using classified information about the mission to capture former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to earn over $400,000 on the prediction market platform Polymarket. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, entered the plea in a Manhattan federal court after being accused of illegally using confidential government information for personal gain, stealing non-public government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud, and conducting an illegal monetary transaction. He was released on a $250,000 bond, with travel restricted to certain parts of New York, North Carolina, California, and necessary routes between those locations.