Fraud Charges Filed Over Manipulation of Weather Market Using Hairdryer

A man has been charged with fraud after allegedly using a hairdryer to manipulate a weather market on Polymarket, resulting in earnings of $34,000 across two separate incidents. According to NS3.AI, the market depended on data from a single sensor operated by the French meteorological service, located outside Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. The French meteorological service noticed an unusual spike in data and subsequently filed a lawsuit against the individual for obstruction of business and fraud.