Ex-NBA players Malik Beasley, Ed Davis indicted for sports gambling

Former NBA players Malik Beasley and Ed Davis have been indicted in the latest round of charges in the government's gambling investigation, authorities said Monday. When he was playing for the Milwaukee Bucks in 2024, Beasley agreed to tailor his performance based on betting trends in those games, prosecutors alleged. They have accused Beasley of coordinating with Davis ahead of NBA games to decide whether he should underperform or overperform on the court. They alleged that Davis acted as Beasley's "gatekeeper" in the scheme. "Bribery and insider betting schemes like this one involving former NBA players and a current NBA player agent who exploited inside NBA information for profit erode the integrity of American sports and victimize the sports-watching public," U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. said. Along with Beasely and Davis, the indictment charged four co-conspirators, identified as William Brown, Robert Gorodetsky, Ernesto Plascencia and Paolo Zamorano, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York. Zamorano is an NBA player agent, the office said. All six of them have been charged with wire fraud conspiracy, bribery in sporting contests, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, and money laundering conspiracy for their alleged roles in the gambling scheme, according to prosecutors. The office said several defendants were arrested Monday at different locations across the U.S., and each will be arraigned in New York. …