[Polymarket Exposed for Using Personal Accounts to Pay Influencers for Covert Promotion of Prediction Markets] According to POLITICO, Polymarket's Chief Marketing Officer Matthew Modabber transferred approximately $2.5 million to over 800 individuals via his personal PayPal account between January 2025 and February 2026. Among this, at least $350,000 went to content creators such as Nick Shirley, Alex LoRusso, Brian Krassenstein, and Riley Gaines.