India, Oct. 26 -- The NBA scandal could expand to include NFL players as well, as per a new report. A person who was a patsy in the poker scheme which involved NBA players and mobsters, told The New York Post that the fraudsters had used an ex-NFL player as their front man.

The man, claiming to be a victim of the Texas jeweler linked to the NBA cheating scheme, said he'd lost $1 million in one night. "During the game, we were around a bunch of bad guys, and they were trying to suck every bit away from us. And they did. They did a good job, and I'm still shell-shocked to this day from that night," he told the Post on condition of anonymity.

The man said he had been invited to a private, high-stakes game. "We would never have been there i...