U.S. Soldier Charged with Using Classified Info to Profit from Prediction Market

A U.S. Army soldier has been indicted for using classified information about Operation Absolute Resolve to place approximately $33,000 in profitable bets on Polymarket, a prediction marketplace, netting roughly $409,881 after the operation's public announcement. The charges include unlawful use of confidential government information, theft of government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud, and unlawful monetary transactions. The case exposes security risks in prediction markets and underscores legal consequences for misusing classified military information.