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The NBA has been rocked by a scandal involving two of its players, Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier, who were arrested along with more than 30 others in a takedown of two sprawling gambling operations. The operations, backed by Mafia families, allegedly leaked inside information about NBA athletes and rigged
Basketball coaches
The National Basketball Association (NBA) made a triumphant return to NBC on Tuesday night with a doubleheader that drew in a record-breaking 5.61 million viewers, marking the most-watched October opening night in 15 years. This surge in viewership represents an impressive 87% increase from last year's opening
Basketball coaches
A sweeping investigation led to the arrest of six individuals, including former and current NBA players, for allegedly engaging in a sophisticated conspiracy involving insider information to manipulate sports betting outcomes. The defendants, who include NBA players Terry Rozier, Damon Jones, and Deniro Laster, among others, allegedly obtained and misused
Conspiracy
Federal authorities arrested 31 individuals, including several prominent NBA figures, in a sprawling gambling scandal that implicated organized crime families and cheated unsuspecting gamblers out of at least $7 million. The indictment revealed that a conspiracy existed to fix high-stakes card games, with some participants using advanced technology to rig
Conspiracy
Nicolas Sarkozy, France's 70-year-old former president, began his five-year prison sentence for conspiring to accept laundered cash from Muammar Gaddafi at La Sante, a high-security jail in Paris. The development came after a fellow inmate posted a video online, threatening to avenge Gaddafi and warning Sarkozy to "
Conspiracy
Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France, has become the country's first ex-leader to be imprisoned, following a conviction for criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya. The 70-year-old Sarkozy, who maintains his innocence, was sentenced to five years in prison, with the
Conspiracy
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been convicted of criminal conspiracy in a scheme to acquire Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run. The 67-year-old Sarkozy, who served as France's right-wing leader from 2007 to 2012, is set to be the first former head of an EU country
Conspiracy
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been convicted of criminal conspiracy in a scheme to acquire Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run. The 67-year-old Sarkozy, who served as France's right-wing leader from 2007 to 2012, is set to be the first former head of an EU country
Conspiracy
Nicolas Sarkozy, France's former right-wing leader from 2007 to 2012, will become the first former head of an EU country to serve time behind bars for his role in acquiring Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run. He was convicted in late September of criminal conspiracy and will
Fraud
A 29-year-old Italian man, Giovanni Spirea, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for his role in a large multi-state criminal conspiracy that stole over $2.4 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from hundreds of low-income and food-insecure individuals and families. Spirea was also ordered
Fraud
Authorities in Uganda have intensified efforts to combat a rising tide of gold-related scams in the country's growing minerals sector. The State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU), working with the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), has charged Elizabeth Esther Steenkamp,
Fraud
Attorney General Raul Torrez secured a plea agreement against former New Mexico State Police Officer Morgan Ortiz and Dr. Keith Levitt, who were indicted for their involvement in a substance abuse recovery program scheme that defrauded Medicaid and involved identity theft. The defendants, who operated a now-shuttered program, billed the
