Israelis Charged For Using Classified Intel on Polymarket (1)

Israeli authorities have filed charges against two suspects accused of using classified information to place bets on prediction platform Polymarket.

The suspects, a military reservist and a civilian, were accused of serious security offenses, bribery and obstruction of justice, according to a joint statement from the Shin Bet domestic security agency, Defense Ministry, and Israel Police on Thursday.

The wagers were related to Israel’s security operations, the agencies said in the statement, without elaborating on the details of the predictions or the sum yielded from those trades. The suspects made predictions “on the basis of classified reports, which reservists ...