HOUSTON — Former University of Houston basketball player Damon Jones was among several others arrested Thursday in connection with an alleged illegal sports betting scheme using private insider NBA information.

Jones, now 49, played 81 games for the Cougars between 1994 and 1997 before heading to the NBA, where he made his debut for the New Jersey Nets in 1999.

In Jones' case, he's among six defendants accused of participating in an insider sports betting conspiracy that exploited confidential information about NBA athletes and teams, according to Joseph Nocella, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. He called it “one of the most brazen sports corruption schemes since online sports betting became widely legalized in the United States.”

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