Kathmandu, Oct. 24 -- An FBI investigation has led to the arrest of NBA player Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups in two separate cases tied to illegal sports betting and mafia-linked poker games, the BBC reported.

Rozier, 31, was among six people detained for allegedly manipulating bets, including claims that some players faked injuries to influence gambling markets, the BBC said. Billups, who has coached the Blazers since 2021, was charged in a separate case involving 31 people accused of running rigged poker games with ties to organized crime, the BBC said.

Authorities say the poker case involved members of several New York crime families who used high-tech cheating devices such as marked cards, speci...