Overview
- Jones was arraigned in Brooklyn federal court after his FBI arrest and entered not-guilty pleas to conspiracy counts tied to a sports-betting scheme and a separate rigged-poker operation.
- Prosecutors allege he shared nonpublic player-status tips for prop wagers, including a 2023 text urging a “big bet on Milwaukee” based on LeBron James being out before it was officially reported.
- He is also accused of acting as a celebrity “face card” to lure victims to fixed high-stakes poker games that officials say ran in the Hamptons, Manhattan, Las Vegas and Miami and defrauded players of millions.
- A magistrate set a $200,000 bond secured by his parents’ home in Houston and ordered no contact with co-defendants, witnesses or members of organized crime.
- The overlapping cases name more than 30 defendants, with co-defendants Robert Stroud and Marves Fairley also pleading not guilty Thursday as prosecutors describe growing evidence in the poker scheme and alleged insider-tip betting tied to Terry Rozier.