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By SectorWire desk ·
The report said that Kalshi announced disciplinary measures on Monday, including a lifetime ban for former Congressman George Santos. The report said the ban concerned manipulation of a market about his attendance at an event.
Kalshi’s lifetime ban of Santos demonstrates participant exclusion as a disciplinary response to market manipulation.
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Santos has lost access to Kalshi and his paid relationship with Polymarket.
Reported wash trading estimates and sports betting concentration put prediction platforms’ trading integrity and younger users under scrutiny.
Kalshi’s first permanent exclusion demonstrates its enforcement response to alleged manipulation of political prediction contracts.
Kalshi identified suspected trading misconduct, imposed a permanent exclusion and referred the matter to federal authorities.
Kalshi’s disciplinary cases address candidates buying contracts linked to themselves and alleged market manipulation.
Kalshi imposed a permanent ban and financial penalty over alleged manipulation involving Santos’s trading and public attendance statements.