2026年5月27日 晚上7:54 美东时间 / CNN
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2025年7月在纽约日耳曼敦拍摄的智能手机屏幕上的Polymarket网站界面。
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内容摘要
- 联邦检察官指控一名谷歌软件工程师利用内幕信息在Polymarket平台下注，获利约120万美元。
- 该软件工程师据称在对这个预测市场下注前，获取了关于2025年谷歌搜索量最高人物的机密数据。
- 谷歌表示该软件工程师已被停职，法庭案卷中暂未确认该男子的代理律师身份。
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纽约联邦检察官指控一名谷歌软件工程师利用其获悉的2025年谷歌搜索量最高人物的机密内幕信息，在预测市场平台Polymarket下注获利约120万美元。
根据刑事起诉书，这名谷歌软件工程师米凯莱·斯帕尼奥洛通过一个名为“AlphaRaccoon”的账户，就谁将成为谷歌年度搜索量最高人物多次押下“是”和“否”的赌注。
当局在起诉书中称：“与他交易的对手方不同，斯帕尼奥洛在交易公众知晓结果前就已经知道这些赌注的 outcome，因为他曾访问过谷歌的机密、具有商业价值的内部数据。”
斯帕尼奥洛被控商品欺诈、电信诈骗和洗钱罪。他于周三出庭，并以220万美元保释金获释，同时受到旅行限制。
谷歌表示斯帕尼奥洛已被停职。法庭案卷中暂未确认斯帕尼奥洛的代理律师身份。
谷歌发言人告诉CNN：“我们正在配合执法部门的调查。该员工使用了所有员工都可使用的工具访问了我们的营销材料，但利用此类机密信息下注严重违反了我们的公司政策。”
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斯帕尼奥洛是今年第二名因被控在预测市场进行内幕交易而面临刑事指控的人员。
上个月，美国纽约南区检察官办公室宣布对一名美国特种部队士兵提起内幕交易指控，该士兵据称利用其掌握的针对委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗的计划军事抓捕行动的内幕信息，提前在Polymarket平台下注，获利超过40万美元。该士兵已拒不认罪。
当局指控斯帕尼奥洛利用谷歌内部机密数据就年度搜索量最高人物进行多次下注。
起诉书显示，其中一笔交易中，斯帕尼奥洛下注381.12美元“是”，认为d4vd将进入年度搜索量最高人物榜单，另下注5美元“是”，认为d4vd将成为谷歌年度搜索量排名第一的人物，其隐含概率“略高于0%”。
斯帕尼奥洛还下注61.3万美元“否”，认为教皇利奥将成为年度搜索量最高人物，同时下注逾50万美元“否”，认为唐纳德·特朗普不会成为年度搜索量最高人物。当局称，在谷歌公布年度搜索结果后，斯帕尼奥洛获利超过120万美元。
CNN与另一家预测市场平台Kalshi存在合作关系，并使用其数据报道重大事件。编辑人员被禁止参与预测市场交易。
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NY federal prosecutors charge Google engineer with making roughly $1.2 million in profits on Polymarket
2026-05-27 7:54 PM ET / CNN
By Kara Scannell
5 min ago
PUBLISHED May 27, 2026, 7:54 PM ET
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The Polymarket website is seen on a smartphone arranged in Germantown, New York, in July 2025.
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Summary
- Federal prosecutors have charged a Google software engineer with making roughly $1.2 million by using insider information to bet on Polymarket.
- The software engineer allegedly accessed confidential Google data about the most searched people of 2025 before placing bets on the prediction market.
- Google said the software engineer has been placed on leave, and a lawyer for the man was not immediately identified on the court docket.
AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.
Federal prosecutors in New York charged a Google software engineer with making roughly $1.2 million in profits from bets on the prediction market platform Polymarket by using confidential insider information he learned about the most searched people of 2025.
Michele Spagnuolo, the Google software engineer, allegedly used an account called “AlphaRaccoon” to place multiple “yes” and “no” bets related to who would be the most searched person on Google, according to a criminal complaint.
“Unlike the counterparties to his trades, Spagnuolo knew the outcome of these wagers before the trading public did because he had accessed Google’s confidential, commercially valuable internal data,” authorities allege in the complaint.
Spagnuolo is charged with commodities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. He appeared in court Wednesday and was released on a $2.2 million bond with travel restrictions.
Google said Spagunolo has been placed on leave. A lawyer for Spagunolo was not immediately identified on the court docket.
“We’re working with law enforcement on their investigation. The employee accessed our marketing material using a tool available to all employees, but using such confidential information to place bets is a serious breach of our policies,” a Google spokesperson told CNN.
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Spagnuolo is now the second person this year to face criminal charges alleging insider trading on prediction markets.
Last month the US attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York announced insider trading charges against a US special forces soldier for allegedly using his knowledge of the planned military capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro to place bets on Polymarket ahead of it. The solider allegedly made over $400,000 in profits. He has pleaded not guilty.
Authorities allege Spagnuolo used confidential internal Google data to place numerous bets about the most searched person.
In one case, Spagnuolo placed a $381.12 bet “yes” that d4vd would rank in the most searched people of the year and $5 that d4vd would be the number one searched person on Google with an implied probability of “slightly higher than 0%,” according to the complaint.
Spagnuolo also bet $613,000 “no” that Pope Leo would be the most searched person and just over $500,000 that Donald Trump would not be the most searched person. When Google announced the most searched results, authorities allege, Spagnuolo made over $1.2 million in profits.
CNN has a partnership with another prediction market, Kalshi, and uses its data to cover major events. Editorial employees are prohibited from participating in prediction markets.
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