A U.S. special forces soldier involved in a military operation to capture former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty on April 28 to using classified information about the secret plan to win more than $400,000 on prediction market Polymarket.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court after he was charged with the unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud, and making an unlawful monetary transaction.
