A US soldier was charged with profiting $400,000 from an online betting market by using classified information about Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's capture. The former special forces soldier utilized his access to sensitive details while participating in the operation to capture Maduro.

A US soldier has been charged with using inside information to win US$400,000 in an online betting market on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s capture, federal officials announced on Thursday. Gannon Ken Van Dyk was part of the operation to capture Maduro in January and used his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket, the federal prosecutor’s office in New York said. Van Dyk was a senior enlisted soldier who was part of the special forces...