A former White House teleprompter operator accused of using inside knowledge to make bets on the prediction market Kalshi has been ordered to turn over more than US$100,000 in profits and pay a US$65,000 fine as part of a settlement with federal authorities.The settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, announced on Friday, also dealt Gabriel Perez a three-year trading ban.Perez was placed on unpaid leave from his job at the White House after reports emerged that he used his position to make bets on what President Donald Trump would say in speeches.
SRCSouth China Morning Post
WORDS93
SAT · 2026-08-29 · 02:19 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0829-107066
NSR-2026-0829-107066·
White House teleprompter operator fined, forfeits winnings for betting on Trump’s words
A former White House teleprompter operator accused of using inside knowledge to make bets on the prediction market Kalshi has been ordered to turn over more than US$100,000 in profits and pay a US$65,000 fine as part of a settlement with federal authorities. The settlement with the Commodity Futures
Associated PressSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-08-29 · 02:19 GMTRead · 1 min
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
Reading time
1min
Word count
93words
Sources cited
—cited
Entities identified
0entities
Quality score
0%
§ 04