PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Prior to the Portland Trail Blazers game against the Golden State Warriors on Friday, interim coach Tiago Splitter is speaking to the media in the wake of allegations surrounding head coach Chauncey Billups.

Billups has been placed on leave from the Portland Trail Blazers amid a federal investigation involving rigged poker games.

In a Thursday press conference, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice shared information about two federal investigations known as “Operation Nothing But Bet” and “Operation Zen Diagram.” The investigations involved cheating people out of tens of millions of dollars through both rigged sports betting and a rigged poker scheme.

Billups was named in “Operation Zen Diagram,” which tied prominent NBA names to La

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