FBI announces more than 30 people, including NBA coach Chauncey Billups and player Terry Rozier have been arrested as part of a gambling investigation linked to the mafia.
FBI Director Kash Patel made the announcement in Brooklyn.
“We are here in New York to announce a historic arrest across a wide, sweeping criminal enterprise that envelops both the NBA and La Cosa Nostra,” he said.
The fraud allegedly involved illegal sports betting and “rigged poker games.”
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella said defendants “participated in a nationwide scheme” to rig games using “high-tech cheating technology to steal millions of dollars from victims in underground poker games that were secretly fixed.”
“This alleged illegal gambling operation hustled unwitting victims out of tens of millions of dollars, and created a financial pipeline for La Cosa Nostra to help fund and facilitate their organized criminal activity,” the FBI announced.
Rozier is accused of manipulating his performance during a game to benefit illegal betting.
NEW: FBI announces more than 30 people, including NBA coach Chauncey Billups and player Terry Rozier have been arrested as part of a gambling investigation linked to the mafia.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 23, 2025
FBI Director Kash Patel made the announcement in Brooklyn.
“We are here in New York to announce a… pic.twitter.com/a0WKNqgusX
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