The National Basketball Association (NBA) is still working to untangle one of the most serious gambling scandals in its history, but the fallout appears to be spreading. 

According to multiple reports, the league has requested that several teams turn over their phones and other devices as investigators attempt to determine who knew what and when. 

“Everyone Has Been Fully Cooperative.”

Two individuals within the Lakers organization, assistant trainer Mike Mancias and executive administrator Randy Mims, have already handed over their phones to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, the outside law firm hired to conduct the investigation. 

Both Macnias and Mims are close to LeBron James, and this only brought even more attention to the matter.

“The NBA engaged an independent law firm to investigate the allegations in the indictment once it was made public,” a league spokesman told Fox News Digital. 

“As is standard in these kinds of investigations, several different individuals and organizations were asked to preserve documents and records. Everyone has been fully cooperative.”

Congress Wants Clarification on Five Issues 

The league is trying to get ahead of the scandal after last month’s federal indictment that named Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier, and former player and coach Damon Jones as part of an illegal gambling scheme. 

The situation is serious enough that Congress stepped in. On Friday, the House Committee on Commerce sent a bipartisan letter to commissioner Adam Silver asking for a briefing and a range of details.

The committee laid out five issues it wants addressed, starting with “details about the fraudulent, illegal, and alleged betting practices” tied to players, coaches, and officials. 

Lawmakers also want to know how the league plans to limit leaks of insider information, whether its code of conduct is strong enough, what regulatory gaps may have allowed this to happen and whether the NBA is reconsidering its relationships with sports betting companies.

The letter pointed to Silver’s comments earlier in the week on ESPN. “I think, probably, there should be more regulation, frankly,” he said. “I wish there was federal legislation rather than state by state. I think you’ve got to monitor the amount of promotion, the amount of advertising around it.”

Federal prosecutors outlined seven NBA games where inside information allegedly led to big bets, with Rozier’s case as a highlight. According to prosecutors, in March of 2o23, the player shared his plan to pull himself from a game early because of an injury with a childhood friend. 

The friend, in the person of Deniro Laster, allegedly decided to pass the information along, resulting in roughly $200,000 in bets on Rozier’s under props. 

Rozier only played a total of nine minutes, and the bets cashed. According to the indictment, the two later counted the winnings together in Charlotte.

Another case came the following night, when a co-conspirator who was “an NBA coach at the time” allegedly shared that the Trail Blazers planned to “tanking” for draft position and would sit key players before the decision became public.Rozier and Jones both currently face charges for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. Rozier and Billups are on leave, with the NBA reiterating its intention to keep assisting investigators as the integrity of the game remains their top priority.