The new NBA season is less than a week old and the league's been hit by a massive gambling scandal that's included multiple indictments for more than 30 people.
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA player Damon Jones were all arrested as part of the investigation. Billups and Rozier were placed on "immediate leave" after they were indicted.
FBI director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella Jr. announced the indictments Thursday.
Billups is charged in connection with an illegal poker operation tied to the mafia. By using high-tech cheating technology, he and other defendants allegedly rigged illegal poker games to steal millions of dollars from victims.
Rozier is charged in connection with an alleged insider sports-betting conspiracy. The Miami Heat guard allegedly shared non-public information on NBA teams and athletes with bettors from December 2022 to March 2024.
