"On Thursday, federal prosecutors in Philadelphia brought charges against 26 people they say were involved in a scheme to fix bets on college basketball and Chinese Basketball Association games. The point-shaving scheme, according to a 70-page indictment unsealed that morning, involved at least three dozen players on 17 different teams. Twenty of the defendants played college basketball during at least one of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 NCAA seasons."
"A few defendants, however, were active college basketball players until Thursday. Carlos Hart, Camian Shell and Oumar Koureissi, who are charged with fixing games at previous schools before transferring to new ones, have played in games as recently as this week. Simeon Cottle, a player at Kennesaw State who's now suspended indefinitely, put up 21 points in a win the night before he was indicted. He is his conference's leading scorer and was named CUSA preseason player of the year."
"The indictment refers to the scheme's ringleaders as "the fixers," a group of people who started by recruiting and bribing players to fix CBA games during the 2022-23 season. After some success doing that, the fixers decided to try men's college basketball, enlisting NCAA players who agreed to make sure their team didn't cover point spreads. Among the fixers, according to the indictment, were Marves Fairley and Shane Hennen."
Federal prosecutors charged 26 people in a point-shaving scheme that involved at least three dozen players across 17 teams. A 70-page indictment details that twenty defendants played college basketball during the 2023-24 or 2024-25 NCAA seasons, with some already under NCAA investigation and others still active. Several players allegedly fixed games at prior schools before transferring; Simeon Cottle was suspended after scoring 21 points the night before his indictment. The ringleaders, called "the fixers," began by bribing players to fix CBA games in 2022-23 and then enlisted NCAA players to ensure teams failed to cover point spreads. The scheme relied on spread and half bets, making rigging team outcomes especially difficult.
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