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Google Engineer Charged With Insider Trading on Polymarket
Federal prosecutors charged a Google software engineer with using nonpublic information to place bets on Polymarket. The trades reportedly earned more than $1 million on a single search term.
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Federal authorities charged a Google software engineer with insider trading on the prediction market Polymarket. Prosecutors said the engineer used nonpublic information to place bets that generated more than $1 million in profits. The charges center on wagers placed on one of last year’s most popular Internet searches.
Court documents allege the engineer had access to internal data that influenced the outcome of the market.
Prosecutors stated the engineer placed the bets while employed at Google. The complaint does not name the specific search term involved. The case marks one of the first criminal actions tied to trading on Polymarket. No additional defendants or related companies were identified in the filing.
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