Google engineer charged after making $1.2 million on Polymarket bets — showing insider trading is becoming everyone’s problem

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A Google Security Engineer Was Just Charged in a $1.2 Million Polymarket Scheme—Here’s How the Tech Company Responded

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Google engineer used confidential info to win $1.2M in Polymarket bets, feds say

A longtime Google security engineer has been accused of using confidential company data to place illicit Polymarket bets that won him $1.2 million — the latest alleged case of insider trading on a ...