From 13b125617340216aca69a3301d1f7ebc120c2561 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Teleo Agents Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:28:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] rio: extract claims from 2026-04-10-coindesk-arizona-kalshi-criminal-case-blocked - Source: inbox/queue/2026-04-10-coindesk-arizona-kalshi-criminal-case-blocked.md - Domain: internet-finance - Claims: 0, Entities: 2 - Enrichments: 2 - Extracted by: pipeline ingest (OpenRouter anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5) Pentagon-Agent: Rio --- entities/internet-finance/kris-mayes.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ entities/internet-finance/michael-selig.md | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 entities/internet-finance/kris-mayes.md diff --git a/entities/internet-finance/kris-mayes.md b/entities/internet-finance/kris-mayes.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..af3c84620 --- /dev/null +++ b/entities/internet-finance/kris-mayes.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +# Kris Mayes + +**Type:** person +**Status:** active +**Domain:** internet-finance + +## Overview + +Kris Mayes is the Attorney General of Arizona who filed the first-ever criminal prosecution of a prediction market platform. + +## Timeline + +- **2026-03-17** — Filed 20 criminal charges against Kalshi, accusing it of operating an illegal gambling business and unlawfully allowing people to place bets on elections +- **2026-04-10** — Arizona's scheduled arraignment of Kalshi blocked by federal TRO at CFTC's request \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/entities/internet-finance/michael-selig.md b/entities/internet-finance/michael-selig.md index c1a9ef57c..008e7d14f 100644 --- a/entities/internet-finance/michael-selig.md +++ b/entities/internet-finance/michael-selig.md @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ ## Overview -CFTC Chair as of April 2026. +Michael Selig is the Chair of the CFTC under the Trump administration who requested federal court intervention to block state criminal prosecution of CFTC-regulated prediction market Kalshi. ## Timeline -- **2026-04-07** — Received letter from seven House Democrats demanding CFTC enforce existing rules prohibiting terrorism, assassination, and war event contracts on offshore prediction markets; response requested by April 15, 2026 \ No newline at end of file +- **2026-04-10** — As CFTC Chair, requested and obtained Temporary Restraining Order from federal district court blocking Arizona's criminal prosecution of Kalshi \ No newline at end of file