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• @polymarket @polymarket on x

  Proud to announce Polymarket's market integrity infrastructure flagged another trader who was arrested this morning in New York for insider trading. With 2 out of 2 arrests in this industry resulting from our criminal referrals, Polymarket has emerged as the enforcement leader.

• @sdnynews @sdnynews on x

  “A Google employee allegedly used confidential information to make more than $1.2 million through insider trading on a prediction market,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “Corporate insiders who misuse confidential information to trade for personal gain will be prosecuted.”

• @herecomeskumar Neal Kumar on x

  Say it with me now — it's not anonymous

• @amandalfischer Amanda Fischer on x

  Once again I am asking: where is Polymarket's geoblocking and where is the CFTC's enforcement of the 2022 consent order?

• @avi_eisen Avraham Eisenberg on x

  The complaint is pretty funny, it says he made another 1.3M in profitable trades on other markets with no insider info Pure love of the game [image]

• @bobbyallyn Bobby Allyn on x

  is the market integrity infrastructure just twitter? [image]

• @bobbyallyn Bobby Allyn on x

  Like with the Maduro-related Polymarket insider trading case, Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo has been charged both criminally in SDNY, and faces a federal civil lawsuit from the CFTC [image]

• @vydamo_ @vydamo_ on x

  They are really establishing a dual class system where rampant insider trading from trump admin is allowed but enforcement of others is aggressive to create a facade that they care about it Honestly been hoping trump admin do something like this in crypto and send a couple 18

• @avi_eisen Avraham Eisenberg on x

  Some of the other profitable trades this user made [image]

• @chairmanselig Mike Selig on x

  As I've stated repeatedly, if you commit fraud, insider trade, or manipulate markets, you will face the full force of the law. Today, the @CFTC took parallel action with @SDNYnews to charge an individual with insider trading involving event contracts. 
Our Division of

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky

  A Google engineer made $1.2M on Polymarket betting on who would be announced as the most searched person of the year was just arrested for insider trading.  —  People need to realize only government officials get away with that blatant a degree of insider trading.

• @aaronschaffer.com Aaron Schaffer on bluesky

  Wow — DOJ alleging that Google security engineer @miki.it is “AlphaRaccoon,” the Polymarket user who made more than $1 million on Polymarket trades on Google search trends.  Good scoop by Aaron Katersky and @kfaulders.bsky.social abcnews.com/US/google-em...

• @paleofuture Matt Novak on bluesky

  I was kind of surprised DOJ would go after someone for making money on Polymarket with insider information and then I got to the part where it's an Italian living in Switzerland.  —  www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...

• @miasato Mia Sato on bluesky

  Woah: Feds arrested a Google employee today, who they say made $1M+ betting on Google-related Polymarket events.  Here are a few of the markets the account allegedly belonging to the employee wagered on.  —  abcnews.com/US/google-em...  [image]

• r/LegalNews r on reddit

  Google employee charged with using inside information to make $1 million on Polymarket

• r/inthenews r on reddit

  Google employee charged with using inside information to make $1 million on Polymarket

• r/InterstellarKinetics r on reddit

  BREAKING: A Google Security Engineer, Who Had Access To The Company's Confidential Year In Search Data, Allegedly Used It To Place Bets On Polymarket Under The Name …

• @pons_eth Pons Asinorum on x

  I thought insider trading was a “feature” of prediction markets?

• @marionawfal Mario Nawfal on x

  🚨🇺🇸 Google engineer charged with using insider company data to make $1.2 million betting on Polymarket. Operating under the username “AlphaRaccoon,” Michele Spagnuolo, 36, allegedly used nonpublic Google search trend data, including the Year in Search 2025 list, to win roughly [i…

• @dustingouker Dustin Gouker on x

  “We have caught more people doing actual crimes” is maybe not a great flex tbh

• @j0xnah Jonah on x

  a Google software engineer used internal search data to make $1M betting on various Google search markets last year he was arrested this morning in NY. flagged by @Polymarket's own market integrity infrastructure. 2 for 2 on insider trading referrals from Polymarket this year🚨 [i…

• r/NPR r on reddit

  DOJ charges Google staffer over Polymarket trades netting $1.2 million

• r/d4vdiots r on reddit

  Google information security engineer charged with using pollymarket to make money of bets.  D4vd was one of them

• r/technology r on reddit

  Google information security engineer charged with using inside information to make $1M on Polymarket

• ABC News ABC News on linkedin

  A Google employee fraudulently made more than $1 million by using inside information to place Polymarket bets on what users were searching for on Google …

• WLTX-TV Katrina Morgan on x

  Google engineer accused of secretly using search data to make $1.2M on Polymarket

• @arrington @arrington on x

  Going to be really interesting to watch this case and make it fit within insider trading laws. https://www.zerohedge.com/...

• @knibbs Kate Knibbs on bluesky

  Another arrest over Polymarket trades!  This time, a Google engineer who allegedly used confidential info to turn a major profit: www.wired.com/story/google...

• @brbarrett Brian Barrett on bluesky

  A Google security engineer allegedly made over $1 million on a Polymarket trade about the most-searched person in 2025.

• @peoplesfabric Steve Held on bluesky

  bet there's a lot of worried people out there rn

• Robin Andrews Robin Andrews on linkedin

  Jay Clayton's team isn't finished!  Another criminal predictive markets insider trading case, charging:  —  ✅ Commodities fraud  —  ✅ Wire fraud …

• @andrewmceo @andrewmceo on bluesky

  Remember, only members of Congress and the Executive Branch get away with insider trading.