# White House aide must forfeit $107,539 from prediction-market trades using secret speech text

https://mins.news/en/item/37536

- CryptoSlate, 2026-08-30 12:30 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://cryptoslate.com/white-house-aide-turned-secret-speech-text-into-107k-on-prediction-markets-before-cftc-stepped-in/

> 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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