Google engineer charged with insider trading after making $1.2M on Polymarket
According to the complaint, a Google engineer risked over $2.7 million on wagers related to Google's 2025 Year in Search campaign.
According to the complaint, a Google engineer risked over $2.7 million on wagers related to Google's 2025 Year in Search campaign.
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Google is embarrassing itself, again.
The bill requires companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to have third parties confirm they’re following safety standards. Illinois governor JB Pritzker says he’ll sign it.
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Federal prosecutors charged a Google employee with fraud after he allegedly made $1.2 million on Polymarket bets related to Search-related trends in 2025, as reported earlier by ABC News. In their now-unsealed complaint, prosecutors allege that Michele Spagnuolo "knew the outcome of these wagers before the trading public did because he had accessed Google's confidential, […]
According to federal prosecutors, Michele Spagnuolo made more than $1 million on the prediction market platform using confidential information about Google Search traffic.
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