By Douglas Gillison and Anirban Sen
NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) – A U.S. Army soldier, who was involved in the capture of ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and was charged with making bets tied to his removal using the Polymarket platform, was blocked from opening an account on prediction markets platform Kalshi, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a master sergeant with the U.S. Army Special Forces, made a profit of about $400,000 from a series of bets he placed in December and early January on Polymarket. According to the complaint filed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the soldier tried to create an account on another unnamed events contracts platform but was blocked from doing so despite contacting the platform’s support on or around December 26, 27, and 28.
That platform was Kalshi, the source said, requesting anonymity as the matter is confidential.
(Reporting by Anirban Sen in New York; editing by Megan Davies )
Comments