• Israeli authorities charged two suspects with using confidential information to bet on the timing of military operations on the Polymarket platform.
  • One suspect is Omer Ziv, a 30-year-old from Tel Aviv, and the other is a reserve major in the Israeli Air Force.
  • Prosecutors allege they profited by betting on deadly military attacks, charged with crimes against state security, bribery, and obstruction of justice.
  • The Guardian revealed in January a group of Polymarket accounts betting on Iran-Israel attacks, making about $156,000 in profit.
  • Both defendants are in custody until trial; the major’s lawyers claim he made significant contributions to state security.
  • Other reservists have also been arrested on similar suspicions but released.

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