Overview
- Federal authorities said 34 people were arrested across 11 states in two indictments charging wire fraud, money laundering and related offenses, with further proceedings to follow.
- Officials allege Terry Rozier supplied non-public NBA information used to place prop bets, including a March 23, 2023 Hornets–Pelicans game in which he told associates he would exit early.
- Chauncey Billups is charged in a separate case that prosecutors say ran rigged high‑stakes poker games using cheating devices such as altered shufflers and x‑ray tables in cities including Manhattan, the Hamptons, Miami and Las Vegas.
- Prosecutors said the poker operation involved members of the Bonanno, Gambino, Genovese and Lucchese crime families and that former NBA player Damon Jones is among defendants overlapping the two cases.
- The NBA said it is reviewing the indictments, placed Rozier and Billups on immediate leave, and noted both will first appear in local federal courts before arraignment in Brooklyn.