FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News the nationwide gambling investigation tied to organized crime is far from over after the arrests of Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier.
FBI Director Kash Patel warned the « nationwide takedown » of an illegal gambling ring with alleged ties to famed basketball personalities and crime families is « just the start » on Fox News.
His interview followed the FBI’s arrest of the Portland Trail Blazers’ head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier in connection with federal investigations into the alleged crime ring.
« If you break the law, we’re coming for you », Patel told Fox News host Laura Ingraham.
Patel alleged that widespread fraud committed on the « grand stage » of basketball has been going on for « some time. »
« It has nothing to do with legal gambling and has everything to do with those in positions of power in places like the NBA getting in bed with La Casa Nostra and committing acts of extortion, fraud, money-laundering and wire fraud and so many other crimes », he said.
« Your winning streak has ended », U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella said at a press conference. « Your luck has run out. Violating the law is a losing proposition, and you can bet on that.
