FBI seizes Polymarket CEO’s phone, electronics after betting platform predicts Trump win: source By Taylor Herzlich
General News,2024 Presidential Election,FBI
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The FBI seized Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan’s phone and electronics early Wednesday morning — just a week after the election-betting platform successfully predicted President-elect Donald Trump’s win, The Post has learned.
The 26-year-old entrepreneur was woken up at 6:00 a.m. in his Soho home by law US enforcement officers who demanded his phone and electronics, a source close to the matter told The Post.
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