Category Archives: Financial Crimes

Polymarket Insider Trading and Federal Wire Fraud: What the Van Dyke Indictment Means

Polymarket insider trading just stopped being theoretical. On April 23, 2026, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York unsealed a five-count indictment that turned a U.S. Army Master Sergeant’s four-day Polymarket trading spree into a federal wire fraud and money laundering case, complete with a $404,000 forfeiture demand and the personal signature of…