FBI seizes Polymarket CEO's phone, electronics after betting platform predicts Trump win: source
https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/business/fbi-seizes-polymarket-ceos-phone-electronics-after-betting-platform-predicts-trump-win-source/
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db2@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 1y
Right, because everyone's out to get the goofball nobody's ever heard of. 🙄 Traditional polls? The fuck's that even supposed to mean? And "rigging its polls in favor of Trump" as if some fringe betting site would have had any impact whatsoever on actual election polls?
If this is even real, and if they "predicted" the outcome accurately then they're not being picked on, they're being investigated to find out if there was some chicanery going on in the real polls that this douchecanoe found out about and exploited. Which would be illegal af from multiple angles.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 1y
See there’s this pesky little difference between asking his attorney for his phone and seizing it in a raid.
This way, he didn’t have time to delete his messages and emails.
It’s almost like the FBI is doing its job correctly.
db2@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Exactly!
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 1 pts · 1y
JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 1y
That was trump's DoJ and his lackey as the head of the investigation.
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
I mean the betting odds for presidential elections are crazy accurate. This isn't poker, being good at statistics isn't illegal.
https://electionbettingodds.com/TrackRecord.html
Madison420@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
The CIA and NSA always have bets running on what will happen, it's a very accurate way to estimate actual outcome.
BetaDoggo_@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 1y
Of course it was political retribution and not the whole unregistered securities and gambling market thing.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y
Well you see, it's not wrong if the right people do it ;)
Laws that protect but do not bind
Magister@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y
DOGE will abolish the FBI, good luck 🤞🏻
dessimbelackis@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Unironically I would not know whether to cheer or boo
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
In the wise words of Propagandhi... with friends like these, who the fuck needs COINTELPRO
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
you misspelled manipulated the market so shady people could pump and dump
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y
Just remember, they decide what is legal and what is not and when it is and when it is not. If they want to throw you under the bus, they will either find something you have done that violates their laws or they will make one up and use that to railroad you.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Three felonies a day is 15 years old and only more true than ever.
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
Yep