NBA Player, Coach Arrested Over Alleged Mafia-Linked Gambling Schemes

The criminal enterprise was allegedly run by the Genovese, Gambino, and Bonanno crime families.
NBA Player, Coach Arrested Over Alleged Mafia-Linked Gambling Schemes
The FBI logo in Washington on Oct. 21, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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The FBI announced on Oct. 23 that it has charged Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups in probes related to illegal gambling. Former NBA player Damon Jones was also arrested.

“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,” FBI Director Kash Patel said at a press conference in Brooklyn announcing the arrests.

Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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