Google engineer charged with insider trading on Polymarket for $1.2M
A Google engineer, Michele Spagnuolo, has been charged with insider trading after allegedly using internal data to profit $1.2 million on the prediction market Polymarket. This case marks one of the first federal prosecutions targeting decentralized prediction markets. Spagnuolo faces multiple charges, including commodities fraud and money laundering, and was released on a $2.25 million bond.
- ▪Michele Spagnuolo was arrested after a federal complaint was unsealed in the Southern District of New York.
- ▪He allegedly made 16 large wagers on Polymarket using non-public data related to Google's 'Year in Search 2025' report.
- ▪His predictions reportedly paid off, resulting in $1.2 million in profits after the public release of Google's search results.
4 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 2 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Google employee charged with $1M Polymarket insider trading bet on search term — CNBC — Investing
- ▪ Google Engineer Charged with Insider Trading on Polymarket — Bloomberg.com
- ▪ Google engineer insider-traded search results on Polymarket, Feds allege — CoinDesk
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