Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a 38-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina, was arrested for insider trading after allegedly profiting $409,881 through prediction-market bets on the timing of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's capture. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Van Dyke, who has been an active-duty soldier since 2008 and a master sergeant since 2023, used his access to classified information regarding 'Operation Absolute Resolve' to place bets on Polymarket. He began betting about a week before the operation on January 3, 2026, wagering approximately $33,034 on various outcomes related to US military actions in Venezuela. The DOJ indicated that Van Dyke took steps to conceal his identity and transferred most of his earnings to a foreign cryptocurrency vault before moving them to a new online brokerage account. Former President Trump commented on the situation, likening Van Dyke's actions to Pete Rose's controversial betting on his own baseball team. Van Dyke has been charged in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.