[Think he means Cosa Nostra. What do you expect from a trump appointee?]Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier of NBA arrested in federal investigation into sports betting, illegal gambling
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA player Damon Jones were three of more than 30 people arrested by the FBI on Thursday morning as part of an extensive federal grand jury investigation into illegal sports betting and gambling split across two cases.
Billups and Jones are being charged for allegedly taking part in illegal high-stakes poker games operated by organized crime, while Rozier was arrested in connection with a sports betting ring involving current and former NBA players trading inside, non-public information largely based on injuries and illnesses.
"The FBI led a coordinated takedown across 11 states to arrest over 30 individuals today in this case, which is very much ongoing," FBI director Kash Patel said in. Thursday press briefing. "Not only did we crack into the fraud that these perpetrators committed on the grand stage of the NBA, we also entered an executed a system of justice against [La Casa Nostra]."
NBA season is now under a very dark cloud.