A U.S. special forces soldier involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was arrested for allegedly using classified information to profit from bets on the operation's outcome.

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. The outsized trade involved with Operation Absolute Resolve caught the attention of law enforcement almost immediately. According to an indictment unsealed Thursday, Master Sergeant 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 is facing five criminal charges and will make his first court appearance in North Carolina. Van Dyke is an active duty solider stationed at Fort Bragg. No attorney has been listed for him on the court docket. https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/23/politics/us-special-forces-soldier-arrested-maduro-raid-trade

A soldier “directly involved” in Maduro’s capture has been arrested over Polymarket bets. As first reported by ABC News and now confirmed by the DOJ, federal investigators believe special forces soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke put down $33k on prediction market bets about Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro being removed from office, just before Trump announced his capture in January, profiting over $400,000. As alleged in the Indictment, VAN DYKE participated in the planning and execution of the U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro, called “Operation Absolute Resolve,” and VAN DYKE used his access to classified information about that operation to personally profit.