College basketball players among 26 charged in ‘international criminal’ betting scheme
Jan 15, 2026
Games allegedly fixed as recently as last season‘Bribe payments’ said to be up to $30,000A sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games has led to charges against 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball players who tried to fix games as recently
as last season, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.The scheme generally revolved around fixers recruiting players with the promise of a big payment in exchange for those players purposefully underperforming during a game, prosecutors said. The fixers then placed large bets against those players’ teams, defrauding sportsbooks and other bettors, according to the indictment unsealed on Thursday. Continue reading...
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