Terry Rozier drawn into Brooklyn federal betting case after prosecutors cite social posts with guns and the GMB group

Former NBA player Terry Rozier has been pulled back into a Brooklyn federal case tied to alleged game fixing and sports betting. The new wrinkle matters for high-risk operators because the filing is being used not to charge Rozier with gun offenses, but to argue that a co-defendant should stay detained amid concerns about witness pressure and obstruction.

1. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn mentioned Rozier in a filing connected to a case involving alleged game fixing and sports betting. The reference came in a request that Deniro Laster, described as a longtime associate and alleged accomplice of Rozier, remain in custody while the case moves forward.
2. According to the filing, prosecutors tied Rozier to social media posts showing him posing with guns alongside childhood friends in a group identified as GMB. Assistant U.S. Attorney David Berman said several witnesses identified Rozier, Laster, and other childhood acquaintances as members of that group, and that online posts reinforced that picture.
3. The government said members of that circle publicly showed access to firearms in photos shared before charges were filed. Images cited by investigators included Rozier, Laster, and other people posing with guns. The filing did not accuse Rozier of any firearm-related crime; it used the material to support the argument that Laster should remain jailed because of the risk of witness pressure and obstruction.
4. Rozier’s lawyer, David Markus, pushed back immediately. He said GMB has no criminal meaning and stands for “Get More Blessings,” the motto of Rozier’s charity foundation, 12 Blessings. Markus also said the name dates back to Rozier’s school years and called it “absurd” for the government to present it as a criminal organization.
5. Markus said Rozier has not been charged with gun offenses or witness intimidation and argued that the filing is aimed more at damaging him in public than at strengthening the case legally. He also mocked the acronym in court papers, saying that in this case GMB does not stand for “Get More Blessings.”