DOJ arrests soldier who made $400k betting on Maduro's removal

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rationalist•about 5 hours ago

Duplicate of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47882645

tomhow•less than a minute ago

Comments moved thither. Thanks!

paulpauper•about 5 hours ago

lol no SEC lawsuit or civil complaint: strait to the indictment and arrest. Goes to show how elites are truly a privileged class. They get to admit "no guilt" and forfeit profits, avoiding prosecution. Have no idea why this was downvoted. I see so many other people who make this argument about privileged elites and always get upvoted. I never have the right opinion on anything.

JumpCrisscross•about 5 hours ago

> no SEC lawsuit or civil complaint

The suspect didn't trade securities. SEC doesn't have jurisdiction. The curiosity–to me as a layman–is that this is being prosecuted by the DoJ versus under the UCMJ.

paulpauper•about 4 hours ago

Then what laws were broken if it is not insider trading?

JumpCrisscross•about 3 hours ago

> what laws were broken

"Van Dyke was indicted on charges that included unlawful use of confidential information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, and wire fraud."

next_xibalba•about 4 hours ago

Probably something related to leaking or unauthorized use of classified information.

DOJ arrests soldier who made $400k betting on Maduro's removal

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