Ex-White House Employee Fined 72,000 for Insider Trading on Prediction Markets2026-08-29
A former White House teleprompter operator has been ordered to pay
72,000 in civil penalties for illegal insider trading on Kalshi, a regulated futures exchange. This marks the second such case against a federal employee by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) within a month.Source: The Block
Reported by VERA Newswire.
2026-08-29
A former White House teleprompter operator has been ordered to pay
72,000 in civil penalties for illegal insider trading on Kalshi, a regulated futures exchange. This marks the second such case against a federal employee by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) within a month.
Source: The Block
Reported by VERA Newswire.