The court records don’t specify the felony charges against Porter. John Marzulli, a spokesperson for the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, confirmed Wednesday the case was connected with four men who were recently arrested.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn filed what's known as a criminal information sheet Tuesday. The document doesn't specify a court date or the charge or charges, but it does show the case is related to an existing prosecution of four men charged with scheming to cash in on tips from a player about his plans to exit two games early.
Mollah, McCormack and a relative of Awawdeh had bet the "under" and made out, though a betting company ultimately stopped Mollah from collecting most of his more than $1 million in winnings on the March 20 game, according to the complaint.
After the NBA and others began investigating, the player messaged Pham, Mollah and Awawdeh that they "might just get hit w a rico" -- an apparent reference to the common acronym for a federal racketeering charge -- and asked whether they had deleted "all the stuff" from their phones, the complaint notes.
