DOJ Charges Google Engineer Over $1.2M Polymarket Insider Trading Scheme

TLDR: Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo allegedly used confidential data to profit $1.2M on Polymarket. Spagnuolo operated under the alias “AlphaRaccoon” and risked approximately $2.75M in total bets. The DOJ charged him with commodities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering across three counts. Combined maximum sentencing across all three federal charges totals up to fifty years [...]

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