Prosecutors allege that former NBA players, including Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, were part of a scheme that allegedly used high-tech cheating technology—hidden cameras, special eyeglasses and X-ray poker tables—to steal millions of dollars in secretly rigged underground poker games.

Using “sophisticated cheating technologies” and an NBA Hall of Famer as bait, the mafia is accused of scamming deep-pocketed poker players out of millions.

The con tactics the alleged fraudsters used are as old as poker itself, familiar from heist and James Bond films.

Prosecutors say three New York crime families used high-tech gadgets and celebrity bait to rig poker games, scamming wealthy players out of at least $7 million.