US Edition26 Charged in NCAA Point-Shaving Scheme Across 17 Teams
The scheme involved 39 players across 17 NCAA Division I teams and Chinese Basketball Association games with bribes up to $30,000 per game and millions wagered, 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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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
FBI Busts Widespread Point-Shaving Ring in College Basketball, Exposing Corruption Tied to Gambling Boom
Federal authorities dropped a bombshell on Thursday, unsealing indictments against 26 individuals accused of orchestrating a sophisticated point-shaving operation that tainted dozens of college basketball games across the NCAA and even reached into China’s professional league. The scheme, which prosecutors say netted millions for illegal bettors, involved bribing players to deliberately underperform, ensuring specific outcomes that favored heavy…
Gamblers, NCAA basketball players charged for allegedly rigging games
An investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games has ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball players who tried to fix games as recently as last season, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Feds charge 26 college hoops players in point-shaving scheme - American Press
A federal gambling investigation into point-shaving in college basketball has a link to the Southland Conference, including two McNeese State games. Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia on Thursday charged 26 people in a scheme to “fix and attempt to fix” more than 29 games during a three-year period. Seventeen Division I NCAA men’s basketball programs and 20 players were named in the indictment, revealed by David Metcalf, U.S. Attorney for the E…
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