Google employee charged with insider trading after allegedly using confidential data to earn $1.2M on Polymarket
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Summary
A Google employee has been charged in New York with insider trading for allegedly using confidential internal company information to make $1.2 million in bets on Polymarket, a blockchain-based prediction market platform. Google confirmed the employee was placed on leave and is cooperating with law enforcement. Polymarket also assisted authorities, noting that blockchain transactions are transparent and traceable.
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A spokesman for Polymarket said the platform 'worked closely' with authorities on the investigation.
'Blockchain trading is transparent, traceable, and bad actors leave footprints,' the spokesman added.
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