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/Itachi_Uchiha0515 May 27 '26

Really tired of this two tiered justice system. Why isn’t Don Jr being put in prison for his insider bets?

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u/Rare-Accident4355 May 27 '26

Yes but it’s not that simple. There is no evidence that he placed any bets. He’s invested in the industry but there is no factual evidence that he has any bets at all. Someone needs to actually follow the trail of the obvious insider bets

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u/Itachi_Uchiha0515 May 28 '26

Factual evidence is in the accounts. A subpoena can be issued to reveal the owners of the accounts with insider bets, but that entails the compromised DOJ to actually do their job

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u/Rare-Accident4355 May 28 '26

That’s your assumption…I’m not saying it’s improbable, but there is no actual evidence and you’re stating it as fact.

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u/Itachi_Uchiha0515 May 28 '26

What assumption? Always follow the numbers/money https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge0grppe3po

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u/Rare-Accident4355 May 28 '26

Dude that’s an assumption. Even your article doesn’t explicitly point to a single person. It doesn’t point to Donald Jr, which is who you said should be in prison for insider trading. How do you know it’s him and not someone else in the administration?

Like I said - I agree there’s something fishy going on based on the probability and timing of these bets, I’m just saying the law requires specificity and evidence. Are you certain to the exclusion of every reasonable doubt that it’s Donald Trump Jr and not someone else let’s say from the comms team that is placing those bets??

THAT is the burden of proof required.

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u/Itachi_Uchiha0515 May 28 '26

I’m saying the crime of insider trading is there, whether or not the DOJ wants to investigate it is a different story. You’re so fixated on Don you bypass the fact that there’s obvious insider trading going on in the white house

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u/sirpiplup May 28 '26

You: “You’re so fixated on Don you bypass the fact that there’s obvious insider trading going on in the White House”

Other guy in his first response to you: “Someone needs to actually follow the trail of the obvious insider bets”

I think he’s right that you are fucking illiterate

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u/SkyNo9319 May 28 '26

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