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The Daily Mail is reporting that more arrests are expected as part of a probe into NBA insider information and gambling.
The FBI's investigation has so far led to the arrests of Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, and former NBA assistant coach and player Damon Jones, 49, two weeks ago. Each insists they have not engaged in any wrongdoing.
The three were arrested on October 23 along with more than 30 others in a take down of two illegal gambling operations that authorities say leaked inside information about NBA athletes and rigged poker games backed by Mafia families.
Billups has been charged with participating in a conspiracy to fix high-stakes card games and cheat players out of approximately $7 million with games allegedly tied to mob families.
Rozier has been accused in a separate scheme of exploiting private information about players to win bets on NBA games.
Both men face money laundering and wire fraud conspiracy charges.
Jones has been charged with participating in both schemes.
From the Daily Mail exclusive report:
Federal investigators tell the Daily Mail that the FBI's sweeping probe into insider betting scams and rigged Mafia-run poker rings is far from over - and say it's only a matter of time before panicked suspects begin to 'rat' on friends to save themselves.
Michael Volkov, a former 25-year federal prosecutor with expertise in racketeering cases, said he expects some among the 34 indicted last month to serve up 'big names' to the feds to avoid jail time.
Gambling911.com will continue to monitor this situation.
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