US Edition26 Charged in NCAA Point-Shaving Scheme Across 17 Teams
The scheme involved bribes of $10,000–$30,000 per game and fixed over 29 games across more than 17 NCAA teams and the Chinese Basketball Association, prosecutors said.
- On Thursday, federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania unsealed court papers charging dozens of defendants in a scheme to fix NCAA college basketball and Chinese professional league games.
- Beginning around September 2022, the scheme targeted the Chinese Basketball Association before recruiting college players with bribes of $10,000 to $30,000, prosecutors say.
- The indictment details involvement across more than 17 Division I teams, describing 39 players and bettors wagering millions on at least 29 games, with Fifteen defendants active in 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons.
- The indictments allege the defendants committed bribery and wire‑fraud offenses, citing large wagers at Rivers Casino in Philadelphia and a $200,000 cash payment to Antonio Blakeney.
- The indictment arrives amid a wider FBI probe into sports gambling, with officials calling it the latest scandal linked to Terry Rozier's Oct. 23 arrest and gamblers Shane Hennen and Marves Fairley.
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Over two dozen charged in 'massive scheme' to rig college basketball games
Federal prosecutors charged 26 people in a massive college basketball point-shaving scheme Thursday, which involved numerous players and teams from NCAA Division I men’s basketball. College basketball players were bribed to throw games and enrich sports gamblers during a recent period from September 2022 to February of last year. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, David Metcalf, described the scheme as “massive” and an “inte…
More Than 2 Dozen Charged in Alleged Years-Long Scheme to Rig College Basketball Games
The alleged scheme ran from September 2022 to February 2025, according to prosecutorsMitchell Layton/Getty; Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty; Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire via Getty; Dan Squicciarini/NurPhoto via Getty Simeon Cottle, Carlos Hart, Oumar Koureissi, Camian ShellNEED TO KNOWMore than a dozen college basketball players are among the 26 people who have been criminally charged in an alleged bribery and point-shaving schemeAt a pre…
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The Washington PostBettors and players fixed dozens of NCAA basketball games, prosecutors say
Sports bettors worked with dozens of players across NCAA men’s basketball to rig the outcome of at least 29 games, federal prosecutors alleged in an indictment unsealed Thursday, the latest
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