Thirty-four people, including a current NBA coach and player, have been arrested and charged for allegedly participating in two wide-ranging, illegal schemes.
One scheme featured rigging illegal poker games through the use of various technology, such as an X-ray table, authorities said. The other allegedly involved utilizing private information to place fake bets.
FBI Director Kash Patel told a press conference on Oct. 23 that the scale of the fraud “is mind-boggling.”
“It’s not hundreds of dollars. It’s not thousands of dollars. It’s not tens of thousands of dollars. It’s not even millions of dollars. We’re talking about tens of millions of dollars in fraud and theft and robbery,” he said….