CoinScoopTaiwanese Man Sentenced to 30 Days for Polymarket Election Betting
A man in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, was sentenced to 30 days of detention for using a VPN to place bets on the 2026 local elections via Polymarket. Despite earning a net profit of only 3.52 USDC (approximately $3.21), the court confiscated his entire stake of 746.49 USDC and imposed the sentence under the Public Officials Election and Recall Act. Authorities identified the user by tracing his real-name bank accounts and exchange records, despite his use of a VPN to mask his IP address.
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