Johnny Bball wrote:TheAlchemist23 wrote:brownbobcat wrote:I'm pretty sure it would be considered a crime as well, it's basically fraud.
Yep. I was surprised people in here were only talking about suspension vs ban. He's looking at a FBI investigation and possibly prison.
Well, the last time the NBA made it public so the FBI had to give up its investigation. I'm pretty sure they have done the same here and this news is straight from the NBA to Woj. He's under investigation by the NBA, not the FBI so far publicly.
So... I expect the NBA to bury this deep down and we never hear the full story.
His locker is cleared out and neither the NBA, Raptors or Porter has said why... because they told him to. But they don't even bother to say that.
Both games were in Toronto, Toronto police arent even looking at it.
"Toronto police and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport both said on Tuesday that they are not investigating Porter.
Canadian law enforcement is limited in its ability to prosecute bet fixing because there are no specific provisions in the Criminal Code that prevent it.
A CCES spokeswoman said that the non-profit watchdog, which enforces anti-doping policies in Canada among other integrity issues in sports, has no jurisdiction over competitive manipulation in the NBA, and Canada doesn't currently have a national program to address it."
https://www.cp24.com/sports/toronto-raptors-news/toronto-police-canada-s-sport-watchdog-not-investigating-raptors-centre-over-gambling-1.6823036