The FBI and federal prosecutors have arrested and charged a man with allegedly placing bets and coordinating his betting with, based on the description in charging documents, former NBA player Jontay Porter
by nbcnews
@National Basketball Association
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>> The FBI said Long Phi Pham, aka “Bruce,” 38, of Brooklyn, was arrested at JFK airport Monday after he allegedly booked a one-way ticket to Australia after federal investigators tried to interview him.
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>> When Pham was arrested at JFK, the FBI says, he had “approximately $12,000 in cash; two cashier’s checks totaling $80,000; a series of betting slips; and three cellular phones.”
>> If convicted, the maximum sentence for Pham is 20 years in jail.
Long Phi Pham you goin away for a long time fam
Jontay Porter is definitely the fall guy for MPJ. There’s no way MPJ didn’t know about the betting.
…that’s how this works, right?
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So NBA player amassed a significant gambling debt due to gambling and got pressured into even more gambling in order to pay off the gambling debt? But knowing the league, they will continue to endorse gambling despite the irony of this situation.
This is just going to keep happening in every sport.
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The NBA also announced today that Scott Foster will be a ref in the Finals, so clearly they’ve been thinking about gambling all day long
This guy is an idiot how do you get the Feds involved in your betting 😭
Now lets see how this Otanhi situation plays out. That story changed twice lol
They got Long P. P.
Need to go after hjs brother too, Phat Phi Pham.
Dumb Ass Jontay.
What the fuck is the NBA thinking promoting gambling so heavily when you constantly have shady stories like Jontay Porter and Tim Donaghy besmirching your fuckin reputation?
Do you really want your brand to be associated with being investigated by the goddamn FBI?
Mans is not El Chapo
It’s heading to congressional hearings, too much too fast
FBI arrest man for trying to get rich
It was already happening and continue to happen. It’s just the idiots that bet with their own names like the recent baseball player or fringe players like jontay who get massive action on a Tuesday. The smart ones will never get caught
What’s the problem? The refs do it.
ESPN: “FBI & Federal procedures have arrested a man who was being with a former NBA player”
Also ESPN: “now here’s our betting analyst from ESPN BET to tell you what to bet on this weekend!”
Shouldn’t Jontay Porter be arrested as well since he is heavily involved in this betting fraud?
Long Phi Pham….aka Bruce.
Love it.
Reminds me of the Gambler movie with Mark Waglberg
Really weird he didn’t have Jr. to his name.