An investigation was opened by US prosecutors on the allegation that bettors and players in the American College Basketball League (NCAA) “fixed dozens of basketball matches”. In the indictment announced by the Attorney General’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, it was claimed that “those who involved in fixing dozens of basketball matches” cooperated with the players in the NCAA men’s basketball matches and “manipulated” the results of at least 29 matches.
In the indictment, which includes charges within the scope of “bribery and wire fraud conspiracy”, the athletes who are alleged to be involved in match-fixing are from Tulane, DePaul, Fordham and St. Louis. It was argued that he played in the basketball teams of many higher education institutions across the country, especially universities named St. Louis. It was shared that 15 of the 20 defendants mentioned in the indictment were accused of ‘collaborating with a gang in exchange for bribes to manipulate the matches’, and that some of these people still play for the university teams in question, and some of them played for the university teams in question in the past.
In the indictment of the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, it was stated that the bettors in question also targeted professional basketball competitions in China in addition to NCAA matches. Named among the suspects are former NCAA players such as Kevin Cross, Markeese Hastings, Cedquavious Hunter, Oumar Koureissi, Da’Sean Nelson, Demond Robinson, Camian Shell, Dyquavion Short, Alberto Laureano, Arlando Arnold, Simeon Cottle, Bradley Ezewiro, Shawn Fulcher, Carlos Hart, Jalen Terry and Airion Simmons, as well as coaches Jalen Smith and Roderick Winkle.
“Preserving competitive integrity is extremely important to the NCAA. We are grateful to law enforcement for working to detect and combat integrity issues and match manipulation in college sports,” NCAA President Charlie Baker said in a statement.
