A U.S. special forces soldier has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he leveraged classified intelligence about a mission to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, using the information to win over $400,000 on the prediction market Polymarket.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, entered his plea after being indicted on multiple counts, including 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.
