Alleged conspiracy involved 17 NCAA Division 1 programs over three years, prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced Thursday that at least 26 people were indicted in an alleged “transactional criminal scheme” to fix NCAA Division I men’s basketball games and professional Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) games.
Prosecutors say the participants bribed CBA players “to underperform and help ensure their team failed to cover the spread in certain games and then, through various sports books, arranged for large wagers to be placed on those games against that team,” according to Thursday’s indictment.
“[Defendants] aided and abetted the carrying into effect, the attempt to carry into effect, and the conspiracy to carry into effect, a scheme in commerce to influence by bribery sporting contests, that is, Chinese Basketball Association (“CBA”) men’s basketball games and National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) men’s basketball games, with the defendants engaging in different aspects of this scheme, with knowledge that the purpose of this scheme was to influence in some way those contests by bribery,” the indictment said.
While the country is being destroyed by corrupt politicians. This is not what I voted for!