26 Named in NCAA, Chinese Basketball Fixing Scheme
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Key Points:
- Federal prosecutors unsealed indictments against 26 individuals, including former NBA player Antonio Blakeney, for fixing games in the Chinese Basketball Association and NCAA Division I men’s basketball from 2022 to 2025.
- The scheme involved recruiting players, mostly from non-Power 4 schools, who were offered bribes to manipulate game outcomes, targeting those with limited NIL earnings to ensure compliance.
- The indictments, unsealed in Philadelphia where many bets were placed at Rivers Casino, include charges of bribery, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aiding and abetting, highlighting an international conspiracy involving players, trainers, and gamblers.
- Some implicated players, like Kennesaw State’s Simeon Cottle and Eastern Michigan’s Carlos Hart
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