{"id":12574,"date":"2026-08-30T13:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T13:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12574"},"modified":"2026-08-30T13:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T13:17:14","slug":"white-house-speech-insider-ordered-to-surrender-107539","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12574","title":{"rendered":"White House speech insider ordered to surrender $107,539"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-single-article-content=\"\">\n<p>A White House speech insider who worked as a teleprompter operator must surrender $107,539.02 in prediction-market profits after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission found that he traded on advance access to presidential speeches.<\/p>\n<p>The settled administrative order also requires Gabriel Perez to pay a $65,000 civil monetary penalty, cease and desist from further violations and accept a three-year trading ban. The CFTC said the penalty was substantially reduced because of Perez\u2019s exemplary cooperation. The cited materials describe a civil regulatory settlement and do not report a criminal conviction.<\/p>\n<h2>How the White House speech insider gained a trading edge<\/h2>\n<p>The CFTC found that Perez traded presidential \u201cmention market\u201d contracts between December 2025 and February 2026 while working as a White House teleprompter operator. The event contracts, which the regulator describes as swaps, settled on whether the President would use particular words or phrases during speeches.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Trump aide allegedly made $100K betting on 12 speeches before anyone knew \u2013 then Kalshi stepped in<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"> <i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right\"\/> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p>Perez saw the speeches before they were delivered, according to the order. The CFTC said he misappropriated that material nonpublic information in breach of a duty of trust and confidence, converting knowledge of the prepared text into more than $107,500 in profit.<\/p>\n<p>Other traders were pricing the probability that a phrase would be spoken. Perez already had access to text that would help determine the outcome, giving him an information advantage built into the contract\u2019s settlement question.<\/p>\n<p>The CFTC release announces settled charges against Perez and separately says the agency appreciated KalshiEX\u2019s assistance. It does not announce charges against the exchange or say the agency found a surveillance failure.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press reported in July that Kalshi enforcement head Robert DeNault said the exchange\u2019s surveillance team \u201cpromptly flagged, investigated and referred\u201d the trades to the CFTC. AP noted that his public statement did not name Perez. The CFTC\u2019s final release confirms assistance but does not disclose the detailed timing of Kalshi\u2019s review or referral.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter\" data-inline-newsletter=\"\" data-newsletter-placement=\"article-midpoint\" data-newsletter-pending-label=\"Joining\u2026\" data-newsletter-pending-status=\"Joining the Daily Brief\u2026\" data-newsletter-email-required-message=\"Before sending, please provide your email address.\" aria-labelledby=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-title\" aria-describedby=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-copy\">\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__inner\">\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__content\"> <span class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__eyebrow\"> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> The Daily Brief <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-title\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__title\">The signal, before the noise.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-copy\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__copy\">Start your day with the crypto stories moving markets, decoded by CryptoSlate\u2019s editors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__form-shell\">\n<p class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__form-heading\">One email. Everything that matters.<\/p>\n<p id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-privacy\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__privacy\">Free to join. Unsubscribe any time.<\/p>\n<p> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-circle-xmark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> <span>Whoops, looks like there was a problem. Please try again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-circle-check\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> <span><strong>You\u2019re on the list.<\/strong> Your next Daily Brief is on its way.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-558926\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-23d159a4-ed1e-41bd-af3a-51c47c4f475f.png\" alt=\"Infographic showing White House speech insider Gabriel Perez\u2019s December 2025 to February 2026 speech-access trading, Kalshi surveillance and referral, and the Aug. 28 CFTC sanctions: $107,539.02 disgorgement, $65,000 penalty and a three-year ban.\" width=\"720\" height=\"900\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-558926\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-23d159a4-ed1e-41bd-af3a-51c47c4f475f.png\" alt=\"Infographic showing White House speech insider Gabriel Perez\u2019s December 2025 to February 2026 speech-access trading, Kalshi surveillance and referral, and the Aug. 28 CFTC sanctions: $107,539.02 disgorgement, $65,000 penalty and a three-year ban.\" width=\"720\" height=\"900\"\/><\/p>\n<p>That record reflects two distinct policing roles. A February CFTC advisory says designated contract markets have an independent duty to maintain audit trails, conduct surveillance and enforce rules against prohibited practices. The CFTC retains authority to investigate and prosecute illegal trading and says it coordinates with exchanges on referrals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">The CFTC says prediction markets have an insider trading problem<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"> <i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right\"\/> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p>Kalshi later added controls intended to move some policing ahead of the trade. In June, the exchange announced risk scoring for markets with heightened insider or manipulation risk, employment verification for some participants and expanded whistleblower tools. Those measures came after Perez\u2019s December-to-February trading period, and the available sources do not establish whether they would have blocked his activity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Kalshi freezes insider accounts as $1.5 billion Super Bowl trading tests market integrity<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"> <i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right\"\/> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p>The settlement shows exchange referral and regulatory enforcement converging after the profits were made: Kalshi was credited with assistance, and the CFTC imposed disgorgement, a penalty and a market ban. It does not, by itself, show that the safeguards were timely or sufficient to prevent the trades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Featured,Regulation,regulationregulation#White #House #speech #insider #ordered #surrender1788095834<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A White House speech insider who worked as a teleprompter operator must surrender $107,539.02 in prediction-market profits after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission found that he traded on advance access to presidential speeches. 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