FBI arrests NBA stars in connection with gambling scheme investigation

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00:00As you now know, individuals such as Chauncey Billups, Damon Jones, and Terry Rozier were

00:05taken into custody today, former current NBA players and coaches. What you don't know is that

00:12this is an illegal gambling operation and sports rigging operation that spanned the course of

00:17years. The FBI led a coordinated takedown across 11 states to arrest over 30 individuals today

00:24responsible for this case, which is very much ongoing. Not only did we crack into the fraud

00:30that these perpetrators committed on the grand stage of the NBA, but we also entered and executed

00:39a system of justice against La Casa Nostra to include the Bonanno, Gambino, Genovese,

00:46and Luchesi crime families. And you'll hear more about those details today. And the fraud

00:50is mind boggling. It's not hundreds of dollars. It's not thousands of dollars. It's not tens

00:56of thousands of dollars. It's not even millions of dollars. We're talking about tens of millions

01:01of dollars in fraud and theft and robbery across a multi-year investigation.