Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups were arrested Thursday morning and charged as part of a sprawling sports gambling probe, federal prosecutors said.
In a press conference Thursday, FBI Director Kash Patel and Brooklyn federal prosecutors said at least 30 people were arrested across 11 states, including current and former National Basketball Association players and coaches, as part of two separate criminal schemes related to illegal sports betting.
“The fraud is mind boggling,” Patel said at the press conference in New York. “We’re talking about tens of millions of dollars in fraud and theft and robbery across a multi-year investigation.”
One of the indictments charged six defendants with a fraud scheme to bet on nonpublic information ab

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