The next phase in the federal criminal case against Chauncey Billups will take place next week in federal court.

The embattled Portland Trail Blazers coach is scheduled to be arraigned at 10 a.m. on Monday at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he will face a two-count indictment that charges him with participating in rigged underground poker games .

Billups originally appeared in federal court in Portland on Oct. 23 on accusations of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. As part of a multiyear nationwide investigation by law enforcement agents, prosecutors allege that Billups used his celebrity status to lure gamblers to a fixed poker game. The former Hall of Fame NBA player was one of over 30 people arrested as part of the investigation, which incl

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