8 outlets·8 reports
FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket
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A Google engineer has been charged by U.S. authorities with insider-trading offenses after using internal search data to place bets on Polymarket about Google’s Year in Search results. Prosecutors allege the scheme generated roughly $1.2 million in illicit profits.
Written from all 8 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- Wired·Google Security Engineer Arrested in Million-Dollar Polymarket Trading Scheme
- The Verge·A Google employee allegedly used inside information to win $1.2 million on Polymarket
- Engadget·Google employee accused of making $1 million from insider trading on Polymarket
- TechMeme·US prosecutors charge Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo with using inside information to make $1.2M on Polymarket bets about Google's Year in Search results (ABC News)
- TechCrunch·Google engineer charged with insider trading after making $1.2M on Polymarket
- Hacker News·Google employee charged with $1M Polymarket insider trading bet on search term
- The Next Web·A Google engineer used internal search data to bet $2.7m on Polymarket. The DOJ has charged him.
- Ars Technica·FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket
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