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Feds say ex-NBA player Terry Rozier accepted $100K bribe in sports betting scheme
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Feds say ex-NBA player Terry Rozier accepted $100K bribe in sports betting scheme

NBC News Top Stories·Chloe Atkins·4 days ago
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Former NBA player Terry Rozier was hit with new federal charges of sports bribery and honest services wire fraud conspiracy Thursday in a massive sports betting investigation that has rocked the league. The superseding indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn, New York, alleges Rozier solicited and accepted a bribe of $100,000 in exchange for tipping off a group of bettors about his plan to exit a March 2023 game early because of an injury while he was playing for the Charlotte Hornets. Rozier, whom the Miami Heat waived last month, devised a “predetermined bribe arrangement” with other people, including co-defendants Marves Fairley and De’Niro Laster, to withdraw from the game so lucrative wagers could be placed, according to the superseding indictment. However, not all of the bets on Rozier’s performance were successful, because he performed better than anticipated, collecting four rebounds during the game.…

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