George Santos Settles CFTC Case Over Trading His Own Kalshi Market
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos will pay $35,069.98 and accept a three-year trading ban to settle CFTC findings that he manipulated a Kalshi market tied to his own State of the Union attendance. A final order reveals he p...
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Former Rep. George Santos agrees to pay $35,000 in CFTC settlement over Kalshi SOTU bet
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