Kalshi said the U.S. Army Special Forces soldier who was indicted and arrested this week for betting on the January raid that led to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro‘s capture was banned from the online prediction market platform.
On Thursday, federal prosecutors accused Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, of using classified government information to make over $400,000 in profits from betting on the U.S. mission in Venezuela through Polymarket, another prediction market. He was charged with wire fraud and other charges stemming from the alleged scheme to financially benefit himself.
Kalshi blocked Van Dyke from opening an account in late December, Reuters reported. The U.S. military operation, called Operation Absolute Resolve, occurred on Jan. 3. The reason he was blocked remains unclear.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a civil lawsuit against Van Dyke on Thursday, alleging he applied to open an account with an unnamed “designated contract market” on Dec.
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