US EditionNBA's Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty in rigged poker games case
Billups, accused of using modified poker equipment to defraud victims, faces charges in a $7 million rigged game scheme involving mafia and professional athletes.
- Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty to charges related to an illegal gambling case involving rigged poker games.
- Billups is accused of being part of a scheme that defrauded victims of at least $7 million using sophisticated cheating technology.
- Billups' lawyer, Chris Heywood, stated that Billups would not jeopardize his Hall of Fame legacy for a card game.
- Billups faces money laundering and wire fraud conspiracy charges.
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Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty in rigged poker games case
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups has pleaded not guilty to charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and another former NBA player. The Hall of Famer was arraigned Monday in a federal court in New…
NBA coach Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty in poker cheating case
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups on Monday pleaded not guilty to a two-count federal indictment accusing him of participating in a brazen scheme to rig underground poker games backed by the Mafia
Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty to crimes stemming from alleged poker scheme
By Mark Morales, CNN New York (CNN) — Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty Monday to charges stemming from a scheme to help lure unsuspecting gamblers to a mob-run poker game they didn’t know was fixed. The Hall of Famer, wearing a gray suit, appeared with his attorney in federal court in Brooklyn along with 30 other members of the scheme. “We enter a plea of not guilty your honor,” said his attorney Marc Mukasey…
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