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Terry Rozier was originally charged along with five others with fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy for their alleged use of inside information to profit from illegal betting activity
The superseding indictment against Rozier alleges he "solicited and accepted a bribe"
Federal prosecutors intend to bring new charges against Terry Rozier related to their sports gambling case. A lawyer in the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of New York said Monday that it intends to file a superseding indictment against Rozier, alleging that he “solicited and accepted a bribe.”
These revelations came during a Monday hearing in which Rozier's lawyer had hoped to have the gambling charges dismissed.
Rozier’s lawyer, Jim Trusty, said that prosecutors had told him two hours earlier that they intended to bring new charges. Rozier has pleaded not guilty to the original charges.
“We have developed evidence that Mr. Rozier solicited and accepted a bribe,” Kaitlin Farrell, a prosecutor for the Eastern District, said Monday during a hearing.
Rozier was among six defendants charged on October 23, 2025 with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy for their alleged roles in a scheme to use inside information from National Basketball Association (NBA) players and coaches to profit from illegal betting activity.
The conspirators allegedly obtained insider information from several NBA players and coaches, including Rozier, and distributed that information through a network of bettors. These bettors placed wagers through online sportsbooks and retail betting outlets, falsely representing that their wagers complied with the betting companies’ rules—which included, as relevant here, not betting on non-public information or using straw bettors—while concealing that their wagers were based on confidential team information. Some of the co-conspirators’ activities alleged in the indictment are described below:
The Miami The Heat acquired Rozier from the Charlotte Hornets on Jan. 23, 2024 in exchange for Kyle Lowry and a 2027 first-round draft pick. That trade came about 10 months after, according to federal officials, Rozier helped gamblers cash in by tipping off a friend that he would leave a March 2023 game early because of a supposed injury. The friend, Deniro “Niro” Laster, who is also charged, shared or sold the information to others, who placed more than $250,000 in proposition bets, prosecutors said.
The NBA was aware of unusual prop bet activity surrounding Rozier’s performance in that Hornets game against the New Orleans Pelicans; it was flagged by sportsbooks that afternoon. The league looked into the matter and did not find enough evidence to sanction Rozier and has since noted Rozier cooperated with that probe. The Hornets have not said if they were aware of any federal probes into Rozier’s conduct at that time.
Details of the federal investigation were not disclosed to the Heat when the trade was made.
