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D4vd Alleged Murder Case: Police Arrest Google Employee Accused of Winning $1M Bet Related To Imprisoned Singer

An Italian Google employee is alleged to have used insider information to make bets on data related to singer D4vd’s murder case.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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A Google employee has been arrested in connection with a bet on the alleged murder case against singer D4vd. According to TMZ, Google software engineer Michele Spagnuolo—an Italian citizen—has been charged with fraud. He allegedly used inside information from the company to place bets involving the alleged crime. These bets allegedly won him a payout of over $1 million.

Per a federal criminal complaint unsealed on Wednesday in New York, Spagnuolo accessed confidential company data with tracked user searches. He then used that information to place numerous bets on Polymarket, a digital prediction platform.

Allegedly, Spagnulo’s bets were........

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