Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups is due in Brooklyn federal court on Monday to enter a plea in a sweeping criminal case accusing the NBA Hall of Famer of conspiring with the mafia to rig illicit poker games.

The arraignment is set to take place during a hearing for all 31 defendants in the case. Prosecutors say they orchestrated an elaborate scheme using pro athletes' star power to lure victims to card games then cheat them using high-tech equipment.

Billups is charged with fraud and money laundering conspiracy. He has denied wrongdoing through his attorneys.

Former Cleveland Cavaliers guard Damon Jones was also charged in the case, along with alleged members of New York’s La Cosa Nostra organized crime families. They have all pleaded not guilty.

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