
May 31, 2026
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Google techie bet $2.7 million on Polymarket with company secrets, won $1.2 million, then FBI caught him
A Google engineer is accused of using secret search data to bet on a prediction market. He allegedly "exploited confidential internal search data" to win $1.2 million by betting on musicians Kendrick Lamar and d4vd. The FBI caught him, and Google is cooperating with the investigation.