re: Terry Rozier arrested by fbi (update: so is Chauncey billups)

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No clue if Ryan Feldman is legit though.

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BI Indictment: "Co-Conspirator 8... NBA player from approximately 1997 through 2014, and an NBA coach since at least 2021... Co-Conspirator 8 told EARNEST, before the news was publicly announced, that several of the Trail Blazers' best players, including Player 1 (Dame) was sitting out.

Co-Conspirator 8, an individual whose identity is known to the Grand Jury, was a resident Oregon. Co-Conspirator 8 was an NBA player from approximately 1997 through 2014, and an NBA coach since at least 2021.

[Co-Conspirator 8 is obviously Chauncey Billups who played from 1997-2014 and coached the Blazers since 2021.]

The March 24 2023 Portland Trail Blazers Game

On or about March 24, 2023, the Portland Trail Blazers played the Chicago Bulls (the "March 24 Game"). Prior to the game, the Trail Blazers' record was 32-40 and the team was out of playoff contention with only 10 games remaining in the season. Prior to the March 24 Game, Co-Conspirator 8 told the defendant ERIC EARNEST that the Trail Blazers were going to be tanking (i.e., intentionally losing) to increase their odds of getting a better draft pick in the upcoming NBA draft. Co-Conspirator 8 told EARNEST, before the news was publicly announced, that several of the Trail Blazers' best players, including Player 1, an individual whose identity is known to the Grand Jury, would not be playing in the March 24 Game. The information that the Trail Blazers would be tanking and not playing Player 1 was not available to the public, including the Betting Companies.

Prior to the March 24 Game, the defendant ERIC EARNEST provided this non-public inside information to the defendant MARVES FAIRLEY so that FAIRLEY could place fraudulent wagers on the game and share the profits with EARNEST. In exchange, FAIRLEY ultimately promised to pay EARNEST at least $5,000 if the bets against the Trail Blazers were successful. In addition, FAIRLEY texted EARNEST a screenshot of a purported $20,000 wire transfer from FAIRLEY's bank account to EARNEST, accompanied by the message "Address for wire."

After the defendant MARVES FAIRLEY learned from the defendant ERIC EARNEST that the Trail Blazers planned not to play their best players in the March 24 Game, FAIRLEY conveyed that non-public information to Co-Conspirator 1. FAIRLEY and Co-Conspirator 1 agreed to split the profits on successful wagers they could place against the Trail Blazers.

Before these key Trail Blazers players were publicly ruled out of the March 24 Game, the defendants MARVES FAIRLEY and SHANE HENNEN, themselves and together with their co-conspirators including Co-Conspirator 1, placed and caused the placement of multiple bets that the Trail Blazers would lose the March 24 Game totaling more than approximately $100,000. For example, between approximately 12:00 p.m. EST and 7:00 p.m. EST on March 24, 2023, which was before the key Trail Blazers players were publicly ruled out, Timothy McCormack and Long Phi Pham, acting together and with Pham acting at HENNEN's direction, placed bets against the Trail Blazers of approximately $20,000 through Betting Company 1's mobile application and approximately $12,000 through Betting Company 2's mobile application.

The NBA injury reports publicly released at approximately 1:30 p.m. EST and 2:30 p.m. EST on March 24, 2023 reported that Player 1 was, respectively, "probable" and then "questionable" to play in the March 24 Game. At approximately 9:30 p.m. EST on March 24, 2023—approximately half an hour before the start of the March 24 Game—the NBA released an injury report listing Player 1 and others as "out" for the game. The "out" group included the Trail Blazers' four highest per-game scorers during the 2022-2023 season. The betting lines relating to the March 24 Game changed upon the public release of the Trail Blazers' key players' injury statuses.

The fraudulent wagers against the Trail Blazers placed and caused by the defendants MARVES FAIRLEY and SHANE HENNEN, together with co-conspirators acting at their direction were successful, as the Bulls beat the Trail Blazers 124-96.

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Because it’s the mafia. You use whatever evidence you can to make arrests.

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Before these key Trail Blazers players were publicly ruled out of the March 24 Game, the defendants MARVES FAIRLEY and SHANE HENNEN, themselves and together with their co-conspirators including Co-Conspirator 1, placed and caused the placement of multiple bets that the Trail Blazers would lose the March 24 Game totaling more than approximately $100,000.

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Silver and Goodell have to be aggressive with this

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that’s the case then Billups may be blackballed from the League

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