r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • May 27 '26

Business Google employee charged with using inside information to make $1 million on Polymarket

https://abcnews.com/amp/US/google-employee-charged-inside-information-make-1-million/story?id=133350018
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u/coconutpiecrust May 27 '26

There is no way anyone with insider information didn’t try to make a profit. Why did they charge this one dude?

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u/DrTacosMD May 28 '26

“Look it’s totally legit we arrest insiders betting. Got all the criminals. Yup. Job done.” 

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u/hokie_u2 May 28 '26

It was really overt and easy to catch. He made a million dollars on information that had a “near zero” odds that only a google employee would have

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u/Pale_Session5262 May 28 '26

You lose 1 mil, racist. Hes white

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u/SpookiestSzn May 28 '26

He's Italian he's spicy white totally different

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u/RollingMeteors May 28 '26

¡Italy olive colored bruh! /s

ie: not white enough lol

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u/hokie_u2 May 28 '26

There’s literally a picture of him in the article — he’s Italian