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作者：汉娜·拉宾诺维茨、卡拉·斯坎内尔
更新于28分钟前
更新时间：2026年4月23日，美国东部时间晚上7:33
发布时间：2026年4月23日，美国东部时间下午5:35
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一名参与抓捕委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗的美军特种部队士兵因涉嫌押注该行动获利40万美元而被捕并面临指控。
根据周四公开的起诉书，陆军总军士长甘农·肯·范戴克于12月底在知名预测市场平台Polymarket开设了账户。他下注约3.2万美元，赌马杜罗将在1月前“倒台”。这笔赌注胜算渺茫。
检察官指控范戴克参与了“绝对决心行动”的策划与执行，并在下注前获取了机密信息。尽管他的 winnings 是匿名的，但很快就引起了执法部门的注意。
范戴克是驻扎在布拉格堡的现役士兵，面临五项刑事指控，包括窃取和滥用政府机密信息、盗窃和欺诈。他将在北卡罗来纳州首次出庭受审。法院案卷中尚未列出他的辩护律师。
他在12月27日至1月2日期间共下了13注，最后一笔下注就在突袭行动数小时前。检察官表示，范戴克将超过40万美元的获利转移到了一个外国加密货币钱包，随后才存入一个在线经纪账户。
陆军总军士长是高级士官，被视为关键的战术领导者和技术专家，通常担任陆军营级部队的首席士官。高级士官常被视为在单位内为初级士兵树立和维护行为标准的榜样。
US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400,000 on Maduro raid
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US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400,000 on Maduro raid
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“那些受委托守护国家机密的人有责任保护这些机密和我们的武装部队成员，而非利用这些信息谋取个人经济利益，”美国纽约南区联邦检察官杰伊·克莱顿说道。
法庭文件显示，行动结束后——也就是他最后一笔下注之后——范戴克被拍到“似乎是在海上某艘船的甲板上，日出时分身着美军军装，手持步枪，与另外三名身着美军军装的人站在一起”。
检察官称，范戴克获利超过40万美元。他 allegedly 将这些 winnings 转移到了一个外国加密货币钱包，随后才存入一个在线经纪账户，检察官称此举是为了掩盖资金来源。
美国商品期货交易委员会周四对范戴克提起了相关诉讼，要求其退还非法所得、返还不当得利并接受民事罚款。
据一位知情人士透露，CNN上个月曾报道称联邦检察官正在调查马杜罗相关的押注交易。曼哈顿美国检察官办公室的证券和商品欺诈部门负责人上月与Polymarket的代表进行了会面。
在押注完成后，美军发起了一项秘密行动，在交火激烈的情况下于夜间突袭，从加拉加斯总统府引渡马杜罗。马杜罗随后被押送至纽约，面临与毒品走私相关的联邦指控。他已拒不认罪。
Polymarket在X平台上发帖称：“当我们发现一名用户利用政府机密信息进行交易时，我们已将此事移交司法部，并配合了他们的调查。内幕交易在Polymarket没有容身之地。今日的逮捕证明了系统有效运作。”
美国广播公司新闻（ABC News）率先报道了周四的逮捕行动。
预测市场面临批评
预测市场交易在过去一年呈现爆发式增长，目前用户每周在这类平台上的交易额可达数十亿美元。
美国国会议员今年已提出十多项新法案，以进一步监管预测市场。其中一些获得两党支持的法案将加重对从事内幕交易的政府官员的处罚。
特朗普周四对记者表示，他对押注地缘政治事件的日益流行感到担忧。当被问及这名美军士兵的指控时，总统表示他不了解事件的具体细节，但将其与棒球史上安打纪录保持者皮特·罗斯相提并论。
“这就像皮特·罗斯赌自己的球队，”特朗普说道，他指的是这位已故棒球运动员因赌博被终身禁赛一事。
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当被问及是否担心与伊朗战争相关的押注时，特朗普表示这是一个全球性问题。
“嗯，我认为不幸的是，整个世界都有点像个赌场，”特朗普说道，并补充称这类押注“在世界各地都在发生，他们在各个地方都在做这些押注活动”。
“现在，我对此感到不满，”他总结道。
特朗普政府去年批准Polymarket开始为美国客户提供交易服务，但其面向美国用户的网站尚未完全上线。马杜罗相关押注是在Polymarket广受欢迎的国际平台上进行的。
该平台不受美国监管范围约束——这也是它能够提供与战争相关市场的原因，而这类交易在联邦法律下是非法的。但专家表示，美国人可以通过虚拟专用网络（VPN）轻松访问这个离岸平台。
预测市场行业内部就内幕人士在预测市场中的角色存在争论。一些专家认为，这类市场是让内幕人士的信息更自由地流向公众的渠道。
当被问及内幕交易风险时，Polymarket首席执行官去年11月告诉Axios，他的平台“为人们向市场披露信息（包括内幕人士的信息）创造了经济激励，这‘超酷’”。
Polymarket在3月推出了新规则，以“澄清三类核心的禁止内幕交易行为”。
新规禁止基于用户依法有义务保密的信息进行交易，以及基于负有相同保密义务者提供的内幕消息进行交易。新规还规定，处于“能够影响某一事件结果的权威或影响力职位”的人士，不得参与相关市场的交易。
本文已更新补充更多细节。
CNN记者马歇尔·科恩、黑利·布里茨基和亚历杭德里亚·哈拉米约为本报告撰稿。
US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400,000 on Maduro raid
2026-04-23T21:35:48.882Z / CNN
By Hannah Rabinowitz, Kara Scannell
Updated 28 min ago
Updated Apr 23, 2026, 7:33 PM ET
PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2026, 5:35 PM ET
Captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrives at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport in New York City, US, on January 5, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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A US special forces soldier involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was arrested and charged for allegedly betting on that operation, netting him $400,000 in profits.
According to an indictment unsealed Thursday, Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke opened an account in late December on Polymarket, one of the best-known prediction markets. He wagered about $32,000 that Maduro would be “out” by January. The bet was a long-shot.
Van Dyke was involved in the planning and execution of Operation Absolute Resolve, prosecutors allege, and had access to classified information before he placed the bet. His winnings, though anonymous, caught the attention of law enforcement almost immediately.
Van Dyke, an active duty solider stationed at Fort Bragg, faces five criminal charges for stealing and misusing confidential government information, theft and fraud. He will make his first court appearance in North Carolina. No attorney has been listed for him on the court docket.
He made 13 bets from December 27 to January 2, the last being hours before the overnight capture. Prosecutors said Van Dyke sent his more than $400,000 in profits to a foreign cryptocurrency vault before he deposited them in an online brokerage account.
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US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400,000 on Maduro raid
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“Those entrusted to safeguard our nation’s secrets have a duty to protect them and our armed service members, and not to use that information for personal financial gain,” said Jay Clayton, US attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Van Dyke was photographed just after the operation – and from when he placed his final bet – 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,” court documents say.
Van Dyke profited more than $400,000, prosecutors say. He allegedly moved those winnings to a foreign cryptocurrency vault before he deposited them in an online brokerage account in what prosecutors called an attempt to conceal their origin.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a related complaint against Van Dyke on Thursday, seeking restitution, disgorgement and civil monetary penalties.
CNN reported last month that federal prosecutors were investigating the Maduro trade, according to a person familiar with the matter. The chiefs of the securities and commodity fraud unit at the US attorney’s office in Manhattan met with representatives at Polymarket last month.
After the bets were placed, the US military launched a covert operation that extradited Maduro from the presidential palace in Caracas in an overnight capture while coming under heavy fire. Maduro was transported to New York to face federal drug-trafficking related charges. He has pleaded not guilty.
Polymarket in a post on X said, “When we identified a user trading on classified government information, we referred the matter to the DOJ & cooperated with their investigation. Insider trading has no place on Polymarket. Today’s arrest is proof the system works.”
ABC News first reported Thursday’s arrest.
Prediction markets face criticism
Trading on prediction markets has exploded the past year, with users now spending a few billion dollars each week on such sites.
Lawmakers in Congress have introduced more than a dozen new bills this year to further regulate prediction markets. Some of the bills, which gained bipartisan support, would stiffen penalties against government officials who engage in insider trading.
Trump told reporters Thursday he is concerned about the growing trend of betting on geopolitical events. Asked about the charges against the US soldier, the president said he was not familiar with the specifics of the incident but compared it to baseball’s all-time hit leader Pete Rose.
“That’s like Pete Rose betting on his own team,” Trump said, referring to the late baseball player who was banned from baseball for gambling.
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Pressed on whether he is concerned about betting tied to the war with Iran, Trump said it’s a global issue.
“Well I think that the whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino,” Trump said, adding that such betting is happening “all over the world, and every place they’re doing these betting things.”
“Now, I think that I’m not happy with it,” he concluded.
The Trump administration approved Polymarket last year to start offering trades for American customers, but its US-facing site isn’t fully operational yet. The Maduro trades occurred on Polymarket’s highly popular international site.
That site operates out of the reach of US regulations – which is how it’s able to offer markets related to war, which is illegal under federal law. But experts say Americans can easily access the offshore site with a virtual private network, or VPN.
There is a debate in the prediction market industry over the role of insiders in prediction markets. Some experts see these markets as a vehicle for information to flow more freely from insiders to the general public.
Asked about insider trading risks, Polymarket’s CEO told Axios in November it was “super cool” that his platform “creates this financial incentive for people to go and divulge the information to the market,” including insiders.
Polymarket rolled out new rules in March, to “clarify three core categories of prohibited insider trading.”
They banned trades based on information that users were legally required to keep confidential, and trades based on tips from someone with the same obligation. They also said people in “a position of authority or influence” to affect the outcome of an event cannot participate in any related markets.
This has been updated with additional details.
CNN’s Marshall Cohen, Haley Britzky and Alejandria Jaramillo contributed to this report.
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