The Charlotte Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers and Toronto Raptors were all named in the indictment, Joseph Nocella Jr., the US attorney for the Eastern District of New York, told reporters.

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The multimillion-dollar scheme, which took place between January 2022 and March 2024, allegedly involved sharing non-public information with bettors, including when players would be sitting out games or would pull themselves early from games.

The teams themselves are not implicated in wrongdoing, but players and coaches — both current and former — are accused of providing “non-public information” to help insiders make successful prop bets on NBA games.

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