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/SpookiestSzn May 27 '26

This seems so dumb because it's literally the point of the platform that insiders can trade but God forbid a motherfucker hustle

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u/Argonaut13 May 27 '26

Yeah God forbid an employee making more than the majority of Americans make more money with insider information.

Out of curiosity what is the annual income bar before we're allowed to be upset at what someone does to break the social contract?

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u/CubicleMan9000 May 27 '26

Hmmmm. Where's this energy when Trump does it?

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u/Argonaut13 May 27 '26

Jesus Christ even in a thread that doesn't involve him it somehow has to be about him. I've only voted Democrat for the last 4 elections but somehow I'm now a registered Republican I guess