United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Files Charges Against ex-Google Software Engineer (Michele Spagnuolo, Switzerland Citizen) for Insider Trading Using Non-Public Information at Google to Trade on Prediction Market Platform Polymarket.com on Results of Google Top Searches for People in 2025 & Placed Trades with Near-Perfect Accuracy to Generate $1.2 Million Profits

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United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Files Charges Against ex-Google Software Engineer (Michele Spagnuolo, Switzerland Citizen) for Insider Trading Using Non-Public Information at Google to Trade on Prediction Market Platform Polymarket.com on Results of Google Top Searches for People in 2025 & Placed Trades with Near-Perfect Accuracy to Generate $1.2 Million Profits

29th May 2026 | Hong Kong

United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed charges against ex-Google software engineer (Michele Spagnuolo, Switzerland Citizen) for insider trading using non-public information at Google to trade on prediction market platform polymarket.com on results of Google top searches for people in 2025 & placed trades with near-perfect accuracy to generate $1.2 million profits.  Announcement (27/5/26): “The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Michele Spagnuolo, a resident of Switzerland. The complaint alleges that Spagnuolo, a Google employee, engaged in insider trading on Polymarket.com using sensitive nonpublic information regarding Google’s official Year in Search list for 2025.  In the complaint, the CFTC seeks restitution, disgorgement, civil monetary penalties, trading and registration bans, and a permanent injunction against further violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations, as charged. Case Background – According to the complaint, during the Relevant Period, Spagnuolo was a software engineer at Google. As a result of his employment, Spagnuolo acquired sensitive nonpublic information concerning the results of Google’s official Year in Search list for 2025. As a Google employee, Spagnuolo owed a duty of trust and confidence to Google to maintain the confidentiality of that information and not use it for personal gain. In violation of those duties, from at least October 2025 through at least December 2025, Spagnuolo purchased “Yes” or “No” shares on at least twenty-three of the 2025 Year in Search List contracts on Polymarket.com, including “#1 Searched Person on Google this year” and “Top 5 Most Searched People on Google 2025,” with near-perfect accuracy. The complaint alleges that Spagnuolo, who used the Polymarket handle “AlphaRaccoon,” generated approximately $1.2 million in profits through his trading.  Parallel Criminal Action – On May 27, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced the unsealing of a criminal complaint against Spagnuolo in the same court alleging conduct similar to that alleged in the CFTC’s complaint.”

“ United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Files Charges Against ex-Google Software Engineer (Michele Spagnuolo, Switzerland Citizen) for Insider Trading Using Non-Public Information at Google to Trade on Prediction Market Platform Polymarket.com on Results of Google Top Searches for People in 2025 & Placed Trades with Near-Perfect Accuracy to Generate $1.2 Million Profits “

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