"Rozier was one of several National Basketball Association insiders who allegedly provided non-public information about upcoming games to their criminal partners, who in turn used straw bettors to place multiple bets based on the tips, authorities said. In March 2023, for instance, Rozier told associates in advance he would leave a game early with a supposed injury, allowing them to place more than $200,000 in bets that he would not reach his expected statistical totals for the game, officials said."
"Billups was charged in a separate case with helping to rig poker games to defraud unknowing players who were lured to the games with the promise of playing against celebrities, officials said. The defendants employed sophisticated technology to fix the games in New York, Las Vegas, Miami and elsewhere, including fraudulent card shufflers and x-ray tables. That scheme also involved the Bonanno, Gambino, Lucchese and Genovese organised crime families in New York."
More than 30 people were charged in two linked federal gambling investigations involving the NBA and organized crime. One scheme used insider information from NBA insiders to place wagers via straw bettors, producing tens of millions in illicit gains through wire fraud, money laundering, extortion and illegal gambling. An example involved Terry Rozier tipping associates he would leave a game early, enabling more than $200,000 in bets against his statistical totals. A separate scheme rigged underground celebrity poker games across multiple cities using fraudulent shufflers and x-ray tables, with Mafia families taking cuts and using extortion to collect profits; Chauncey Billups faces charges in that case.
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