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FBI seizes Polymarket CEO’s phone, electronics after betting platform predicts Trump win: source
NY Post ^ | Taylor Herzlich

Posted on 11/13/2024 1:24:56 PM PST by Red Badger

Federal officials raided the Manhattan apartment of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan early Wednesday morning — just a week after the election-betting platform successfully predicted Donald Trump’s stunning victory, The Post has learned.

The 26-year-old entrepreneur was roused from bed in his Soho pad at 6 a.m.by FBI agents who demanded he turn over his phone and other electronic devices, a source close to the matter told The Post.

It’s “grand political theater at its worst,” the source told The Post. “They could have asked his lawyer for any of these things. Instead, they staged a so-called raid so they can leak it to the media and use it for obvious political reasons.”

Coplan was not provided with any reason for the raid, but the source suspects it was political retribution since Polymarket accurately predicted an easy Trump triumph over Vice President Kamala Harris – as opposed to traditional polls.

“This is obvious political retribution by the outgoing administration against Polymarket for providing a market that correctly called the 2024 presidential election,” the source said.

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1 posted on 11/13/2024 1:24:56 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

They’re so Nazi they aren’t even trying to hide it anymore.


2 posted on 11/13/2024 1:26:02 PM PST by InsidiousMongo
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