FBI director confirms arrests of NBA stars in illegal gambling probe

FBI driector Kash Patel reveals Chauncey Billups, Damon Jones and Terry Rozier have been taken into custody

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00:00Today we are here in New York to announce a historic arrest across a wide-sweeping criminal

00:05enterprise that envelops both the NBA and La Casa Nostra. But as you now know, individuals such as

00:12Chauncey Billups, Damon Jones, and Terry Rozier were taken into custody today, former current NBA

00:18players and coaches. What you don't know is that this is an illegal gambling operation and sports

00:25rigging operation that spanned the course of years. The FBI led a coordinated takedown across 11

00:31states to arrest over 30 individuals today responsible for this case, which is very much

00:36ongoing. The charges and the arrests that were taken down across this country range from wire

00:41fraud, money laundering, extortion, robbery, illegal gambling. This FBI will leave no room

00:47for any perpetrator of crime across this country.