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Alleged $1.2M Polymarket Win Puts Google Employee in Court

A Google employee is charged over alleged secret Search-data bets that netted $1.2M on Polymarket.

Key takeaways

  • $1.2 million in alleged Polymarket profits has put a Google employee at the center of a federal fraud case over whether private Search data was used to bea...
  • Federal prosecutors charged Michele Spagnuolo with commodities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering after he allegedly wagered on Google Search-rela...
  • > “Unlike the counterparties to his trades, Spagnuolo knew the outcome of these wagers before the trading public did because he had accessed Google’s confidential, com...
  • Spagnuolo was arrested in New York on Wednesday and released on a $2.25 million bond, ABC News reported via The Verge. The complaint is an allegation, not a co...

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