17 college basketball players charged in point-shaving scheme: Indictment
ABC News • • sports
Key Points:
- Former college All-American Antonio Blakeney is among 17 basketball players named in a federal indictment for participating in a point-shaving scheme involving NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) games to rig bets from 2022 to 2025.
- The scheme involved players accepting bribes ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 to underperform and ensure their teams did not cover point spreads, defrauding sportsbooks and individual bettors unaware of the manipulation.
- Two other defendants, Marves Fairley and Shane Hennen, allegedly recruited Blakeney and others, profiting from fixed games in both the CBA and NCAA; Fairley and Hennen are also charged in a separate illegal gambling case involving the NBA.
