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US charges Google security engineer with Polymarket insider trading

ID: 3569fb26-f6f4-59ca-94d8-60362bdf54b3

STIX ID: report--3569fb26-f6f4-59ca-94d8-60362bdf54b3

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
15/100

Date Published: 2026-05-29

Date Updated: 2026-05-29

Author: Sergiu Gatlan

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A Google engineer is criminally charged for allegedly using confidential internal “Year in Search” data to place accurate bets on Polymarket under the alias AlphaRaccoon, earning about $1.2M and subsequently laundering proceeds through cryptocurrency services; prosecutors and the CFTC filed parallel criminal and civil actions.

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