Former NBA players indicted in betting scheme tied to prop bets
Six defendants, including Malik Beasley and Edward Davis, were charged in Brooklyn over prop bets tied to Beasley’s stats, with wagers topping $75,000.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn unsealed an indictment on June 29, 2026, charging Malik Beasley, Edward Davis and four others in a betting scheme built around player prop wagers and Beasley’s planned statistical performance. The U.S. Department of Justice said the alleged wagers were worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, placing a new legal case at the center of the NBA’s struggle with legalized betting and game integrity.
The indictment named William Brown, Robert Gorodetsky, Ernesto Plascencia and current NBA player agent Paolo Zamorano alongside Beasley and Davis. Prosecutors said Beasley, while with the Milwaukee Bucks, agreed to manipulate his statistics and shared inside information before at least four games in the 2023-24 season: Bucks-Cavaliers on Jan. 26, 2024; Bucks-Hornets on Feb. 27; Bucks-Clippers on March 10; and Bucks-Nets on March 21. The bets centered on rebounds and other statistical props, and wagers tied to the scheme totaled more than $75,000 and produced at least $121,000 in net winnings.
Davis and three co-defendants were arrested June 29, while Beasley was not in custody and was expected to surrender later that week. His lawyer, Steve Haney, said the indictment was not proof of guilt and maintained Beasley’s innocence. The charges include wire fraud conspiracy, bribery in sporting contests, honest services wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. The Justice Department said the case was built with FBI help from Charlotte, Los Angeles, Omaha, Chicago and Las Vegas, underscoring how far the investigation reached across the country.
The Brooklyn office had already brought a separate betting case in October 2025 against Terry Rozier, former NBA player and coach Damon Jones and others over alleged use of nonpublic injury and lineup information. Together, the cases put prop bets, insider information and money laundering at the center of expanding federal scrutiny of NBA wagering, with prosecutors treating narrow statistical markets as a vulnerability that can be exploited by a small circle of insiders.
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