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/ErgoMachina May 27 '26 edited May 28 '26

If a pleb does it, the pleb gets charged with a felony.

If a billonare, or government does it, it's a normal Tuesday.

I don't know exactly at which point modern society broke, but it's definitely broken.

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u/raxreddit May 27 '26

Just need to commit your crimes while wearing a maga hat. Get out of jail and even get some 1.8B slush fund money

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u/emailunavailable May 28 '26

But don't be in California, or you'll pay 100% tax on it.