A long-serving Google engineer based in Zurich faces charges in the US for allegedly profiting from confidential company information by making Polymarket bets. According to court documents, between October and December 2025, Italian national Michele Spagnuolo, 36, made a series of bets using confidential data related to Google's annual Year in Search report. What started out with a few hundred dollars placed on Kendrick Lamar being named the most-searched individual in 2025 turned into $2.75 million worth of bets related to whether specific individuals would or would not be named the most-searched in Google's Year in Search. The criminal complaint filed regarding Spagnuolo's alleged offenses related to the following bets: $403 for Kendrick Lamar to be most-searched at 3 percent probability $10,807 on Pope Leo XIV not being the most-searched person $381.12 for D4vd to be among the top five most-searched individuals, with implied odds reflecting an 18 percent probability.…