A former Charlotte Hornets guard was among other high profile NBA stars arrested in an FBI sports betting operation, the Miami Herald reported. Terry Rozier, who played for the Hornets between 2019 and 2024 before being traded to the Miami Heat, was arrested Thursday morning.

Prosecutors say Rozier and others passed confidential intel to organized crime groups to help wager on NBA games. Billups allegedly participated in a separate scheme involving underground poker games.

Former NBA players are accused of participating in rigged poker games run by notorious crime families with the intent of stealing from wealthy victims.

Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Damon Jones are among 34 people charg

Hours before the Warriors tipped off against the Nuggets, an active player and active coach were arrested in a sports gambling sting.

The indictments announced Thursday of a poker cheating ring involving NBA figures and backed by the mafia emphasized their alleged high-tech cheating methods. But the con tactics they described are as old as poker itself, familiar from heist movies and James Bond films.