Blazer head coach arrested in Mafia bust

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

The NY Post reports, “Trail Blazers coach and NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups and Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in connection with an FBI sports betting and poker probe.  Former Cavaliers star and assistant coach Damon Jones also has been arrested in the investigation, which resulted in two indictments. FBI director Kash Patel labeled the 30-plus arrests across the NBA and organized crime as “historic.” “This is an illegal gambling operation and sports-rigging operation that spans the course of years,” said Patel, who added that the operation crossed 11 states.”

OPB reports, “Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were arrested Thursday along with more than 30 other people accused of participating in schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by the Mafia, authorities said.Rozier is accused in participating in an illegal sports betting scheme using private insider NBA information, officials said. Billups is charged in a separate indictment alleging a wide-ranging scheme to rig underground poker games that were backed by Mafia families, authorities said.”