Federal prosecutors said the man was apprehended at JFK Airport after he learned a co-conspirator was wanted for questioning in connection to an NBA athlete identified as “Player 1.”
Jontay Porter was banned by the NBA for what it described as coordination with sports bettors and betting on league games. A New York man was arrested in connection with what appears to be the series of gambling-related events that led to
In addition to coordinating with Player 1, Pham was said to have been working in conjunction with three co-conspirators who were also charged but remain at large. Their names were redacted from the charging document. Player 1 was then said to have used Telegram to tell Pham and the three others that he would be removing himself early from the Jan. 26 and March 20 contests. In Raptors games on those dates, Porter cited minor ailments in leaving after just a few minutes of action and minor dents in the box score.For the Jan. 26 game, some of the co-conspirators’ winnings were described as $85,000, off a $10,000 bet placed by a relative of one of them, and $40,250 off a $7,000 wager.
On April 4, per prosecutors, Player 1 wrote in a group chat with the co-conspirators that they “might just get hit w a rico,” seemingly referring to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Player 1 was said to have asked if everyone had “delete all the stuff” from their cellphones.
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