{"id":333112,"date":"2025-12-08T20:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T20:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/333112\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T20:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T20:44:08","slug":"nba-player-terry-rozier-pleads-not-guilty-in-sports-betting-case-allegedly-linked-to-mafia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/333112\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA player Terry Rozier pleads not guilty in sports betting case allegedly linked to mafia"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York \u2014 NBA star Terry Rozier of the Miami Heat pleaded not guilty to federal charges Monday, the last of the basketball players tied to alleged illegal-mafia linked gambling rings<\/a> to appear before a judge in a Brooklyn federal courtroom.<\/p>\n

Rozier<\/a> appeared before Magistrate Judge Clay H. Kaminsky on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He was released on a $3 million bond secured by a home in Florida, for which the court sealed the address.<\/p>\n

Rozier was arrested<\/a> in Orlando on Oct. 23 during a sweeping FBI crackdown in which 34 defendants were snagged across two federal indictments. Federal prosecutors accused Rozier of participating in a scheme which facilitated bets on NBA basketball games that allegedly took advantage of insider information related to injury reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rozier and five other defendants are accused of providing nonpublic information in exchange for a flat fee or a cut of the profits. In one game in particular, prosecutors allege, Rozier told a co-conspirator that he would fake an injury in order to leave a game early.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Federal investigators had been examining unusual betting activity<\/a> over a Charlotte Hornets<\/a> and New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> game on March 23, 2023. Rozier, who played for the Hornets before being traded to the Miami Heat in early 2024, played only 9 minutes and 34 seconds, leaving the game with right foot discomfort. At the time, the NBA said it found no evidence that Rozier violated league rules.<\/p>\n

Rozier is not charged in the other indictment, which focuses on an\u00a0elaborate cheating scheme<\/a>\u00a0that allegedly netted more than $7 million from rigged poker games, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

Rozier appeared in court Monday alongside co-defendant Deniro Laster. Prosecutors allege that Laster, a childhood friend of Rozier’s, orchestrated the sharing of non-public information and bets between various gambling rings. Laster, who lives in Cleveland, was released on a $50,000 secured bond by his mother and cousin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rozier’s court appearance comes two weeks after NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty<\/a> to charges of wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering in the poker case.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Former NBA player Damon Jones has been indicted in both cases. He pleaded not guilty<\/a> earlier this month in both indictments and was released on a $200,000 bond, secured by his parents’ Texas home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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