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Ex-NBA Player Damon Jones to Plead Guilty to Data-Sale Laundering

4/27/2026

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Federal prosecutors expect former NBA player Damon Jones, charged in October in Brooklyn, to plead guilty to money-laundering and wire-fraud.
Prosecutors allege he sold NBA health data, including on LeBron James, to professional gamblers.
They also accuse him of joining illegal poker games organized by the Bonanno, Gambino and Genovese crime families.
His plea hearing is scheduled for April 28.

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Federal prosecutors expect former NBA player Damon Jones, charged in October in Brooklyn, to plead guilty to money-laundering and wire-fraud.
Prosecutors allege he sold NBA health data, including on LeBron James, to professional gamblers.
They also accuse him of joining illegal poker games organized by the Bonanno, Gambino and Genovese crime families.
His plea hearing is scheduled for April 28.