Santos was accused of profiting from bets tied to his attendance at Trump’s State of the Union address
George Santos, the former Republican congressman whose political career collapsed under a mountain of lies, has become the first person ever handed a lifetime ban by the prediction-market platform Kalshi.
The company announced the permanent suspension on Monday, along with a $71,356 fine, after federal regulators accused Santos of profiting from bets tied to his own attendance at Donald Trump’s State of the Union address earlier this year.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Joseph Gedeon in Washington.
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