💻 Technology Aug 24, 2026 · Suswati Basu

CFTC backs case against US soldier accused of Polymarket insider trading

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CFTC backs case against US soldier accused of Polymarket insider trading
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is backing the criminal case against Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a US Army master sergeant accused of using classified military information to make more than $400,000 trading Polymarket event contracts tied to Venezuela and Nicolás Maduro.



In an August 21 notice, the CFTC asked the US District Judge Margaret M. Garnett for permission to file an amicus brief supporting prosecutors as Van Dyke seeks to dismiss Commodity Exchange Act charges. He argues th

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