US soldier charged with using classified intelligence to win bet on Maduro raid

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro was captured this year (AP)

A US special forces soldier involved in the operation to capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than 400,000 dollars (£296,500) in an online betting market, officials said.

Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the operation to capture Maduro in January and used his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket, the federal prosecutor’s office in New York said.