The superseding indictment broadens the investigation beyond suspicious wagering activity and into questions over the integrity of NBA contests themselves.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have expanded their case against NBA player Terry Rozier, filing a superseding indictment which accuses the veteran guard of participating in an alleged sports betting conspiracy involving non-public injury information, player prop wagers, and bribery.
The filing, submitted to the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on 28 May, adds sports bribery and honest services fraud allegations to an existing prosecution that had already centred on wire fraud and money laundering claims.
Rozier, who currently plays for the Miami Heat, is named alongside alleged co-conspirators Eric Earnest, Shane Hennen and Deniro Laster in what prosecutors describe as a wide-ranging scheme that stretched from December 2022 through March 2024 and targeted NBA betting markets.
The latest indictment arrives just weeks after former NBA player and coach Damon Jones pleaded guilty to a wire fraud conspiracy charge linked to the broader investigation.
Prosecutors allege Rozier accepted payments
At the centre of the government’s case is a March 23, 2023 game between the Charlotte Hornets and New Orleans Pelicans.
According to prosecutors, Rozier allegedly agreed to withdraw early from the contest in exchange for approximately $100,000, allowing bettors with advance knowledge of the plan to place successful wagers on “under” player prop markets tied to his performance statistics.
The government alleges bettors and intermediaries coordinated wagers before information about Rozier’s condition became public. Prosecutors further claim that additional payments were made after the game despite some wagers failing because certain statistical thresholds had already been exceeded before Rozier exited.
Rozier has previously denied wrongdoing through his legal representatives.
A broader integrity case
While the original investigation focused heavily on suspicious betting activity, the superseding indictment appears to significantly broaden the government’s legal theory.
The opening sections of the filing place considerable emphasis on NBA integrity rules, collective bargaining obligations and contractual duties owed by players to their teams and the league.
Prosecutors note that NBA players are prohibited from wagering on league games or providing confidential information to individuals involved in gambling. The indictment also references provisions within the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement and standard player contract requiring players to refrain from gambling-related misconduct and to provide their services loyally to their teams.
That language is significant because it provides the foundation for the newly added honest services fraud allegations, which generally require prosecutors to demonstrate that an employee or representative deprived an organisation of the honest performance of their duties.
The addition of sports bribery charges similarly shifts the case beyond allegations of insider information sharing and towards claims that the integrity of sporting contests themselves may have been compromised.
Multiple teams referenced
The superseding indictment also expands the scope of the alleged conspiracy beyond the Hornets.
According to court filings and reporting on the case, prosecutors reference schemes involving multiple NBA franchises, including the Los Angeles Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers, Orlando Magic and Toronto Raptors.
The government alleges non-public injury and player availability information was used to inform betting activity across a number of player prop markets.
Jones, who played 12 seasons in the NBA before moving into coaching, is alleged to have supplied confidential information relating to Lakers players and injury situations to individuals connected to betting activity.
His guilty plea in April 2026 marked the first admission of criminal responsibility linked to the investigation.
Growing scrutiny of player prop markets
The Rozier case has emerged as one of the most significant sports betting integrity investigations since the legalisation of sports wagering expanded across much of the US following the Supreme Court’s 2018 decision to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act.
Player prop betting has become one of the fastest-growing segments of the US sports betting market, but integrity experts have repeatedly warned that wagers tied to individual performances can create unique vulnerabilities because a single player can influence the outcome of a specific statistical market without affecting the overall result of a game.
The investigation also follows the NBA’s lifetime ban of former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter, who admitted to providing confidential information to bettors and manipulating his participation in games linked to prop wagers.
