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Google engineer charged with insider trading on Polymarket for $1.2M

  • Editorial Team--Crypto Briefing
  • published date: 2026-05-27 22:15:41 UTC

The case highlights the urgent need for robust regulatory frameworks in prediction markets, paralleling traditional finance's legal standards. The post Google engineer charged with insider trading on Polymarket for $1.2M appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Federal prosecutors allege Michele Spagnuolo used confidential Google search data to place winning bets on Polymarket, including a $200K windfall on predicting the most-searched person of 2025. A Goo… [+3457 chars]