As US soldier is charged for alleged Maduro bets, SEC conducts strikingly low-key probe of futures and prediction markets
By Charles Gasparino••New York Post
The legal community believes the SEC is probing well-timed, high-dollar trades that have lately capitalized on surprise news developments, though the details remain murky.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan late Thursday announced stunning charges against an Army officer who allegedly traded on classified info involving the US military operation to capture former Venezue…