WASHINGTON: A former White House teleprompter operator has been ordered to pay more than $172,000 after using confidential information about US President Donald Trump’s upcoming speeches to place bets on a prediction market platform. Gabriel Perez was found to have traded on Kalshi, a platform that allows users to bet on the outcomes of real-world events. According to US regulators, Perez used advance knowledge of what Trump was expected to say during several presidential addresses between December 2025 and February 2026. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said Perez will…
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