Soldier Charged With Using Classified Data to Bet on Maduro

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By Patricia Hurtado and Bob Van Voris

April 23, 2026 at 10:41 PM UTC

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April 24, 2026 at 4:17 PM UTC

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A US Army soldier was charged with using classified information about the timing of the capture of then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to make more than $400,000 trading on Polymarket’s prediction market, the Justice Department said Thursday.