FBI Investigating More NBA Games

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is supposedly looking into more games and more NBA players, in the wake of two major investigations that implicated league aces Jontary Porter and Terry Rozier in match-fixing schemes.

Porter has since been banned from the NBA game for life, and efforts to play overseas have been somewhat hindered. Now, The Athletic correspondent Mike Vorkunov said that the FBI is indeed on the trail of other insiders who may have abused the integrity of the game.

FBI Probes Deeper into NBA’s Suspected Match-Fixers

The exact extent of these other cases is not immediately known, nor have Vorkunov’s sources revealed too much. However, what is known is that the FBI is taking the matter seriously enough to plough even more resources into uncovering integrity issues within the country’s leading basketball association.

Timothy McCormack was recently sentenced to two years in prison for his role in the Rozier and Porter cases, after he pleaded guilty to the charges levelled against him. 

It is not exactly clear how the FBI was able to identify more such instances, but one of the working theories is that the defendants havebeen willing to cooperate and offer more details about other match-fixers within the NBA.

Rozier has, however, maintained his innocence, and he said that he had no truck with any attempt to undermine the game’s integrity, nor leak information to third-parties, which is what he is alleged to have done. 

Without any concrete information about who the FBI is looking into, this is a little more than a headline update. Rozier and coach Damon Jones have been tied to the case, however, and they will most likely also face sentencing if found guilty. Jones pleaded not guilty in November.