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Google employee charged with insider trading on Polymarket

Google employee charged with insider trading on Polymarket

Summary

Federal prosecutors charged Michele Spagnuolo, a Google software engineer, with insider trading related to Polymarket, a prediction market platform. The Department of Justice said Spagnuolo used confidential, nonpublic information from Google to make trades on Polymarket.

Key Facts

  • Michele Spagnuolo is a 36-year-old software engineer at Google.
  • He was charged by federal prosecutors with insider trading.
  • The case was filed in the Southern District of New York federal court.
  • The Department of Justice alleges Spagnuolo used secret Google data not available to the public.
  • The trading involved Polymarket, a platform where users bet on future events.
  • The complaint document is seven pages long.
  • The insider trading charge is linked to Spagnuolo exploiting his job access to information.
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