2026-04-28T17:22:11.073Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：卡拉·斯坎内尔
更新于35分钟前
更新时间：2026年4月28日，美国东部时间下午3:35
发布时间：2026年4月28日，美国东部时间下午1:22
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一名参与抓捕委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗的特种部队士兵周二对自己利用行动机密信息非法获利超40万美元的指控辩称无罪。
38岁的甘农·肯·范戴克是驻扎在布拉格堡的现役军人，他身着便服在纽约出庭受审，主审法官为玛格丽特·加内特。
此案是联邦检察官首次就预测市场押注行为起诉相关人员——这类热门市场中，人们会针对体育赛事、泰勒·斯威夫特的婚礼、地缘政治事件等事件押注“是”或“否”。
“范戴克先生是美国英雄，”范戴克的律师马克·杰拉戈斯在传讯后表示。杰拉戈斯称范戴克被指控的“并非犯罪行为”，并誓言将对指控的核心内容提出异议。
范戴克被要求上交护照和枪支，并以25万美元保释金获释。他下次出庭时间为6月8日。
范戴克的另一名律师扎克·因特拉特告诉法官，该士兵目前处于休假状态。
“截至目前，他仍隶属于军方，”因特拉特说。
检方指控，范戴克参与了1月3日凌晨那场史无前例的军事行动的策划与执行。当天，美军士兵在密集交火中从加拉加斯总统府押解出马杜罗及其妻子。
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当局指控范戴克利用自己掌握的该机密行动信息，在行动前数日乃至数小时内在Polymarket平台下注。范戴克据称投入3.2万美元押注美国介入委内瑞拉局势，包括押注马杜罗将在1月底前“离开”委内瑞拉。突袭行动成功后，范戴克的赌注兑现，获利超40万美元。
范戴克据称将这笔横财转入外国加密货币钱包，随后转入一个新开设的在线经纪账户。起诉书称，在媒体报道引发对这笔巨额盈利的关注后，范戴克要求Polymarket删除其账户。
根据起诉书，“行动刚结束不久，有人拍摄到他在海上一艘船舶的甲板上，正值日出时分，他身着美军军服、手持步枪，与另外三名身着美军军服的人员站在一起”。
范戴克于周四晚间被捕，被控非法使用政府机密信息谋取私利、窃取非公开政府信息、商品欺诈、电信欺诈以及进行非法货币交易。周五，范戴克在北卡罗来纳州联邦法院首次出庭，并以25万美元保释金获释。
针对马杜罗的押注只是多笔引发关注的可疑交易之一。议员和媒体报道指出，在美伊冲突关键动向公布前，石油期货市场曾出现多笔大额交易。
范戴克被捕后，唐纳德·特朗普总统在回答相关问题时表示，他对全球范围内押注地缘政治事件的趋势日益加剧感到担忧，称世界已变成一个“赌场”。他补充道：“现在，我对此感到不满。”
本文已更新以补充更多信息。
Soldier accused of betting on Maduro raid, winning $400,000, pleads not guilty
2026-04-28T17:22:11.073Z / CNN
By Kara Scannell
Updated 35 min ago
Updated Apr 28, 2026, 3:35 PM ET
PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2026, 1:22 PM ET
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Gannon Ken Van Dyke walks near a federal court building in New York on Tuesday.
Seth Wenig/AP
A special forces soldier involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty Tuesday to misusing classified information about the operation to make over $400,000 in illegal profits.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a 38-year-old active duty soldier stationed at Fort Bragg, appeared in civilian clothes before Judge Margaret Garnett in New York.
The case is the first time federal prosecutors have charged anyone in connection with bets placed on a prediction market, the popular space where people bet “yes” or “no” on outcomes including sports games, Taylor Swift’s wedding and geopolitical events.
“Mr. Van Dyke is an American hero,” said Mark Geragos, an attorney for Van Dyke, after the arraignment. Geragos said Van Dyke has been charged “with something that is not a crime” and vowed to challenge the “core” of the allegations.
Van Dyke was ordered to surrender his passport and firearms and released on a $250,000 bond. He is due back in court on June 8.
Zach Intrater, another of Van Dyke’s attorneys, told the judge the solider is currently on leave.
“As of right now he’s still associated with the military,” Intrater said.
Prosecutors allege Van Dyke was involved in the planning and execution of the unprecedented military action in the early hours of January 3, when US soldiers extracted Maduro and his wife from the presidential palace in Caracas under heavy gunfire.
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Authorities allege Van Dyke used his knowledge of the classified operation to place bets on Polymarket in the days and hours leading up to the operation. Van Dyke allegedly placed $32,000 in bets on US involvement in Venezuela, including that Maduro would be “out” of Venezuela by the end of January. After the successful raid, Van Dyke’s bet paid off. He made over $400,000 in profits.
Van Dyke allegedly transferred the windfall to a foreign cryptocurrency vault before moving them into a newly created online brokerage account. After news reports flagged the wildly successful bet, the indictment alleges, Van Dyke asked Polymarket to delete his account.
He was photographed just after the operation on “what appears to be the deck of a ship at sea, at sunrise wearing U.S. military fatigues, and carrying a rifle, standing alongside three other individuals wearing U.S. military fatigues,” according to the indictment.
Van Dyke was arrested Thursday night and charged with unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud, and making an unlawful monetary transaction. Friday, Van Dyke made his first appearance in federal court in North Carolina and was released on $250,000 bond.
The Maduro bet is one of several suspicious trades that have attracted attention. Lawmakers and media reports have highlighted several huge trades in the oil futures market that preceded announcement of key developments in the US-Iran conflict.
After Van Dyke’s arrest, President Donald Trump said in response to questions that he was concerned about the growing global trend of placing bets on geopolitical events, saying the world has become a “casino.” He added, “Now, I think that I’m not happy with it.”
This story has been updated with additional information.
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