Google engineer charged over Polymarket insider bets
US prosecutors charged Michele Spagnuolo with commodities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering after alleging he used confidential Google search data to place profitable bets on Polymarket.

Finance journalist at Grafa with years of experience covering Asia-Pacific financial markets at S&P Global, Mortgage Ezy, and GMA Network.
US prosecutors charged Michele Spagnuolo with commodities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering after alleging he used confidential Google search data to place profitable bets on Polymarket.
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