Perez opened an account at Kalshi on Dec. 8, 2025, and traded between December 2025 and March 2026
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Perez consented to the order without admitting the findings.
Key facts
The former employee, Gabriel Perez, was ordered to repay $107,539.02 in profits and pay an additional $65,000 civil fine
On July 31, former congressman George Santos agreed to pay the CFTC about $35,000 over Kalshi trades on a contract asking who would attend February's State of the Union address
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ordered a former White House teleprompter operator to pay more than $172,000 to settle charges that he used his advance access to President Trump's
Perez opened an account at Kalshi on Dec. 8, 2025, and traded between December 2025 and March 2026, according to the order
Summary
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ordered a former White House teleprompter operator to pay more than $172,000 to settle charges that he used his advance access to President Trump's speeches to profit from "mention markets" on prediction marketplace Kalshi. The former employee, Gabriel Perez, was ordered to repay $107,539.02 in profits and pay an additional $65,000 civil fine. Perez opened an account at Kalshi on Dec. 8, 2025, and traded between December 2025 and March 2026, according to the order. "It doesn’t matter who you are: violate our rules or federal law and you will face the consequences," DeNault wrote. The Perez order is the agency's second event contract settlement since late July.