FBI leads gambling ‘takedown’ with NBA coach and player among those arrested
The FBI has led a “co-ordinated takedown” on illegal gambling and sports rigging, the agency’s director has said, with more than 30 arrested on Thursday.
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NBA related arrests rise above 30 in FBI crackdown on illegal gambling
Charges are related to insider sports betting and another that rigged poker games nationwide linked with NBA and Mafia.
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Federal officials describe ‘Operation Royal Flush’
Federal officials announce a sweeping investigation, dubbed “Operation Royal Flush,” into alleged illegal sports gambling and poker rigging schemes they describe as “reminiscent of a
30+ arrested in federal gambling-related investigations
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and dozens of other people were hit with federal charges as part of a
Body of British woman ‘murdered’ in LA flown home
The body of a British woman allegedly murdered in Los Angeles has been repatriated to the UK.