Google Employee Charged With Insider Trading On Polymarket
Corroborated by 10 sources from 10 publishers
TL;DR
US charges Google engineer with insider trading on Polymarket The U.S. Spagnuolo, who used the name “AlphaRaccoon” on Polymarket, has worked at Google for over 12 years, according to information on LinkedIn. “As alleged, Spagnuolo violated the duties he owed to his employer and used Google’s confidential business information to make more than $1.2 million in trading profits on Polymarket,” Jay Clayton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a press release.
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