This evening, the Department of Justice announced the arrest of a U.S. Special Forces soldier over insider trading.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke was one of the soldiers who went in to Venezuela and captured Nicolas Maduro several months back.
Before the mission, he bet big that Maduro would be out by January and ended up winning around $400K in profit.
Now, he’s facing some serious federal charges and up to 60 years in prison.
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We covered that story in more detail here:
DOJ ARRESTS U.S. Special Forces Soldier Who Used Classified Info to Win Big On Betting Market
Putting national security and other soldiers at risk for personal, financial gain is disgraceful, to say the least.
But now, Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna
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