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Google engineer arrested for crypto market betting fraud

Published 27 May 2026

A Google security engineer has been arrested and charged with fraud for allegedly using confidential company data to place profitable bets on a cryptocurrency-based prediction market. Michele Spagnuolo, a 36-year-old Italian citizen, was taken into custody in New York on Wednesday and later released on a $2.

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