New York FBI Assistant Director: Chauncey Billups Was Used by the Italian Mafia to Attract Poker Players Who Would Then Play Rigged Games with X-Ray Technology

RAIA: “Three of the named defendants are charged for their alleged roles in both schemes. This alleged illegal gambling operation hustled unwitting victims out of tens of millions of dollars and created a financial pipeline for La Cosa Nostra to help fund and facilitate their organized criminal activity. Victims were attracted to play alongside well-known professional athletes and coaches like Chauncey Billups only to be unknowingly deceived through rigged shuffling machines, fixing the odds in their favor as alleged and as you just heard from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. This alleged scheme wreaked havoc across the nation exploiting the notoriety of some and the wallets of many to fund the Italian crime families here in New York.”