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.
The three were arrested on Thursday, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.
“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,” Patel said at a press conference in Brooklyn announcing the arrests.
The criminal enterprise was allegedly run by the Genovese, Gambino, and Bonanno crime families, according to the FBI….