A US Army special forces master sergeant pleaded not guilty to charges of trading on classified information about the operation to capture then-Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, entered the plea Tuesday before US District Judge Margaret Garnett in Manhattan. Prosecutors claim Van Dyke, who was involved in the planning and execution of Maduro’s capture, made $400,000 from Polymarket bets on whether the Venezuelan leader would be ousted.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke exits federal court in New York.
Photographer: David Dee Delgado/Bloomberg
Van Dyke, who was represented by lawyers Zach Intrater and Mark Geragos, will be released on a $250,000 personal recognizance bond co-signed by one financially responsible ...