A long-serving Google engineer in Zurich, Michele Spagnuolo, faces US charges alleging he profited from confidential Google information by placing Polymarket bets. Court documents allege that between October and December 2025 he used confidential data tied to Google’s annual Year in Search report. Early bets involved whether specific individuals would be named most-searched, including Kendrick Lamar, Pope Leo XIV, D4vd, Bianca Censori, and Donald Trump. The alleged activity included re-accessing Year in Search data in November after an earlier access in October, with odds changing accordingly. After Google released the 2025 Year in Search on December 4, the AlphaRaccoon account allegedly generated about $1.2 million in profits from the bets.
"After Google released its Year in Search for 2025 on December 4, Spagnuolo allegedly made approximately $1.2 million in profits from the bets made by the AlphaRaccoon account on Polymarket. Investigating the matter, Brandon Racz, special agent at the FBI who sought Spagnuolo's arrest warrant, stated that the AlphaRaccoon account, which was allegedly controlled by the Italian, appear"
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