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DOJ charges Google staffer over Polymarket trades netting $1.2 million A Google software engineer has been charged with using confidential company information to make $1.2 million on Polymarket, in the second known federal criminal case connected to lucrative…

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What happened

DOJ charges Google staffer over Polymarket trades netting $1.2 million A Google software engineer has been charged with using confidential company information to make $1.2 million on Polymarket, in the second known federal criminal case connected to lucrative…

Why it matters

Michele Spagnuolo, 36, an Italian citizen who lives in Switzerland, was … Related storyboards

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: in the second known federal criminal case connected to lucrative trades on a prediction market site.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “in the second known federal criminal case connected to lucrative trades on a prediction market site”
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The claim that this is the 'second known federal criminal case' is mentioned in the cross-reference (Flipboard), but the other web search results provided for this claim are generic definitions of the word 'second' and do not provide corroborating or contradicting evidence regarding the legal case count.
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · The meaning of SECOND is next to the first in place or time. How to use second in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second
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web search NEUTRAL — The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day, first into hours, then into minutes, and lastly into seconds, for a total of 24 × 60 × 60 = 86 400 seconds per day. That …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second
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web search NEUTRAL — second, n.¹ meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/second_n1
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Claim 2: “A Google software engineer has been charged with using confidential company information to make $1.2 million on Polymarket”
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Multiple independent news sources (Euronews, Flipboard, and other web search results) confirm that a Google software engineer was charged with using confidential company information to make $1.2 million on Polymarket.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Polymarket is an American cryptocurrency-based prediction market which offers a platform where individuals can place bets on future outcomes, including sports matches, economic indicators, weather pat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymarket
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Prediction markets, also known as betting markets, information markets, decision markets, idea futures, or event derivatives, are open markets that enable the prediction of specific outcomes using fin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prediction_market
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kalshi Inc. is a prediction market platform based in Manhattan, New York City, that launched in July 2021. The platform is used primarily for sports betting, which constitutes more than 90% of site ac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalshi
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Claim 3: “Michele Spagnuolo, 36, an Italian citizen who lives in Switzerland”
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Multiple independent sources confirm the identity of the individual as Michele Spagnuolo, 36, an Italian citizen residing in Switzerland.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A name in the Italian language consists of a given name (Italian: nome) and a surname (cognome); in most contexts, the given name is written before the surname, although in official documents, the sur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_name
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Almost Human (Italian: Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare, lit. 'Milan Hates: The Police Can't Shoot') is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Tomas Milian, He…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Human_(1974_film)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The revolt of Montefalcione was a popular pro-Bourbon insurrection that occurred between July 6 and 10, 1861, which had Montefalcione as its epicenter, as well as spreading to several neighboring town…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_of_Montefalcione
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