US soldier seeks swift dismissal amid expanding Polymarket classified betting fraud legal battle

Indicted US Soldier Who Wagered on Maduro Exit at Polymarket Claims Charges are 'Baseless'

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, the US soldier indicted over allegations that he wagered on the exit of Venezuela leader Nicolas Maduro at Polymarket, has claimed the "baseless" charges should be dismissed.Van Dyke submitted a motion to dismiss charges brought against him by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). His lawyers claim that the CFTC is overstepping its authority and the contracts related to Maduro's exit do not qualify as swaps under …

US soldier seeks swift dismissal amid expanding Polymarket classified betting fraud legal battle

A US Army Special Forces soldier accused by federal regulators of using confidential military information to profit from prediction market trades is asking a federal judge to move quickly toward considering dismissal of the government’s civil enforcement case. In a July 6 letter to US District Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr., attorneys for Gannon Ken Van Dyke requested a pre-motion conference before filing an expected motion to dismiss the US. Commod…