Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA guard and coach Damon Jones were among 34 arrested as part of a widespread FBI investigation on Thursday, Fox News Digital confirmed.

The investigation was tied to a probe into members of the La Cosa Nostra crime families.

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"Day in and day out, this FBI is following the money — and today is the result of that outstanding work," FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement. "This operation involved an expansive effort across 11 states arresting 34 subjects, including multiple NBA players and coaches, who allegedly took advantage of their own positions of power to rig gambling systems for their own benefit — eventuall

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