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Polymarket claims arrest of U.S. soldier accused of making Maduro bet is "proof the system works"

Name: Polymarket claims arrest of U.S. soldier accused of making Maduro bet is "proof the system works"
Uploaded: 2026-04-24T17:11:00-0400
Duration: 8 min 31 s
Description: A U.S. special forces soldier was arrested Thursday for allegedly using confidential government information to make more than $400,000 off the arrest of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Polymarket. CBS News homeland security correspondent Nicole Sganga has the details. Then, Dennis Kelleher, CEO of financial regulation nonprofit Better Markets, joins with analysis.

A U.S. special forces soldier was arrested Thursday for allegedly using confidential government information to make more than $400,000 off the arrest of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Polymarket. CBS News homeland security correspondent Nicole Sganga has the details. Then, Dennis Kelleher, CEO of financial regulation nonprofit Better Markets, joins with analysis.