--- title: US charges Google security engineer with Polymarket... description: A Google security engineer, Michele Spagnuolo, has been charged with insider trading after allegedly using confidential internal data from Google's 'Year in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/us-charges-google-security-engineer-with-polymarket-insider-trading-2pptzn5vj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: US charges Google security engineer with Polymarket insider trading | daily.dev og:description: A Google security engineer, Michele Spagnuolo, has been charged with insider trading after allegedly using confidential internal data from Google's 'Year in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/us-charges-google-security-engineer-with-polymarket-insider-trading-2pptzn5vj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2pPtZn5Vj.png og:image:alt: US charges Google security engineer with Polymarket insider trading og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # US charges Google security engineer with Polymarket insider trading **[BleepingComputer](https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A Google security engineer, Michele Spagnuolo, has been charged with insider trading after allegedly using confidential internal data from Google's 'Year in Search' tool to place bets on the Polymarket decentralized prediction market. Operating under the alias 'AlphaRaccoon,' he reportedly wagered around $2.75 million and won approximately $1.2 million in USDC.e. The FBI traced the account to Spagnuolo after online communities suspected a Google insider. He then allegedly laundered proceeds through cryptocurrency-swapping services. He now faces up to 20 years each on wire fraud and money laundering charges, plus a separate CFTC civil complaint. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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