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Google employee charged with insider trading over Polymarket bets using confidential Year in Search data, profiting about $1.2 million, with DOJ and CFTC actions and the employee placed on leave.
Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo is charged with insider trading for $1.2M in profits on Polymarket using confidential Google data, with DOJ and CFTC involvement.
Google employee Michele Spagnuolo allegedly used confidential internal data to win about $1.2 million on Polymarket bets and faces charges of commodities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering; he was arrested in New York and released on a $2.25 million bond.
A Google security engineer was arrested for insider trading on Polymarket using confidential internal data, with about $1.2 million in gains, triggering federal charges and highlighting growing regulatory scrutiny on prediction markets.
Spain blocks Polymarket and Kalshi for operating without a gambling licence, imposing a temporary 3–4 month ban during a regulatory probe.
The CFTC plans to use AI to detect insider trading on Polymarket and other prediction markets, per a WIRED interview with CFTC chair Michael Selig.
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