White House teleprompter operator fined $172K for insider trading

In the United States, Gabriel Perez, a former teleprompter operator for President Trump, was fined $172,000 for insider trading. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission found that he used confidential information from his job to place bets on prediction markets regarding presidential speeches. Perez made over $107,000 in profits and received a three-year ban from trading. His actions were condemned by White House officials as a breach of ethics.