4 teams the FBI found bet on during the gambling investigation

FBI Director Kash Patel held a press conference where he revealed some startling details about it The agency is investigating illegal gambling related to the NBA. I like it Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami guard Terry Rozier were part of a lengthy federal investigation that has now resulted in their arrest.

Furthermore, according to Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints, four NBA teams in the form of the Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors and Portland Trail Blazers have placed bets on as part of an illegal gambling scandal.

The investigation is being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Brooklyn, which also prosecuted former Raptors center Jontay Porter, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit betting fraud. Patel described a nationwide criminal enterprise linked to La Cosa Nostra, naming the Bonanno, Gambino, Genovese and Luchese families.

Patel said the investigation involves 31 defendants and tens of millions of dollars, with alleged conduct that includes illegal gambling, sports fixing, wire fraud, money laundering, extortion, robbery and crypto fraud. Authorities described Thursday’s operation as a “historic arrest” in a broad criminal enterprise that overlaps with the NBA and organized crime.

Billups was in a case that ABC described as related to an illegal mob-linked poker operation, and multiple media outlets called his case “separate but related” to Rosie’s. Rozier was taken into custody in Orlando and is connected to a federal investigation into possible manipulation of his performance in the Hornets’ March 23, 2023 game.

In that game, Rozier played 9:34, exited with a right leg problem, did not return, and then missed the final eight games of the season. The NBA previously announced that a review of Rozier’s play found no violations of league rules, and Rozier’s attorney claimed to have been treated as a “subject, not a target,” criticizing the manner of Thursday’s arrest, according to PBS.

Former Cavaliers assistant Damon Jones was also arrested, and federal officials have signaled that additional defendants will be involved in the two indictments. Billups and Rozier are expected to appear in federal courts in Oregon and Florida as prosecutors detail charges related to the alleged gambling enterprise.