EconomyWhite House aide must forfeit $107,539 from prediction-market trades using secret speech text
The CFTC found that White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez traded presidential “mention market” contracts after seeing speeches before delivery. He must surrender $107,539.02 in profits, pay a $65,000 civil penalty and accept a three-year trading ban. The case is a civil regulatory settlement, not a criminal conviction.
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White House aide must forfeit $107,539 from prediction-market trades using secret speech text
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