Federal prosecutors charged a Google employee with fraud after he allegedly made $1.2 million on Polymarket bets related to Search-related trends in 2025, as reported earlier by ABC News . In their now-unsealed complaint , prosecutors allege that Michele Spagnuolo "knew the outcome of these wagers before the trading…
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Federal prosecutors charged a Google employee with fraud after he allegedly made $1.2 million on Polymarket bets related to Search-related trends in 2025, as reported earlier by ABC News. In their now-unsealed complaint, prosecutors allege that Michele Spagnuolo “knew the outcome of these wagers before the trading public did because he had accessed Google’s confidential, commercially valuable internal data.” Spagnuolo was arrested in New York on Wednesday but released on a $2.25 million bond, ABC News reports. He is charged with commodities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.
Spagnuolo made bets on Polymarket under the username AlphaRa …
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Prosecutors say that Michele Spagnuolo used Google’s internal info to place bets on the ‘Year in Search 2025’ results.
Prosecutors say that Michele Spagnuolo used Google’s internal info to place bets on the ‘Year in Search 2025’ results.
Federal prosecutors charged a Google employee with fraud after he allegedly made $1.2 million on Polymarket bets related to Search-related trends in 2025, as reported earlier by ABC News . In their now-unsealed complaint , prosecutors allege that Michele Spagnuolo “knew the outcome of these wagers…
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