New Delhi, July 17 -- A White House teleprompter operator is under investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a US federal regulator, for allegedly profiting from Kalshi prediction market wagers linked to US President Donald Trump's speeches.

The accused, Gabriel Perez, who has worked as a teleprompter operator at the White House since 2016, allegedly placed bets on words that the US President would use during major public addresses, including the State of the Union address, ABC News reported.

Kalshi said it froze over $90,000 in profits held in a customer's account after the trader allegedly relied on confidential information to make over $100,000 from bets placed on the exchange.

It later alerted the CFTC, the ...