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Google engineer accused of turning Year in Search secrets into Polymarket payday

Federal prosecutors accused a Google engineer of using confidential Year in Search trend data to place profitable bets on the prediction market Polymarket, netting approximately $1.2 million. The insider allegedly exploited non-public search volume information to gain an unfair advantage in wagers tied to the annual report's findings. The case marks the first criminal charges involving insider trading on a prediction market platform.

read4 min publishedMay 28, 2026

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