More than 30 people, including NBA head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, have been charged in two major federal investigations that uncovered illegal sports betting and mafia-linked poker game manipulation, the FBI announced on Thursday.

FBI Director Kash Patel said that "the insider trading saga for the NBA," exposed two intertwined criminal operations that generated tens of millions of dollars through fraud, money laundering, extortion, and gambling-related offences.

"This is the insider trading saga for the NBA," Patel added.

Rozier, 31, is accused of providing confidential information about upcoming NBA games to associates, who allegedly placed high-stakes bets using straw bettors. In one instance in March 2023, prosecutors said Rozier tipped off associates

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