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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rachel Dobkin

Justice Department investigates disgraced former congressman George Santos for alleged Kalshi insider trading: report

The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the disgraced former congressman George Santos for alleged insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, according to a new report.

Fresh out of prison for wire fraud and identity theft, Santos allegedly began a new scheme by fixing the odds on a bet of whether he would attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in February, unnamed sources in an NPR report published Tuesday suggested.

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