Sports bettors worked with dozens of players across NCAA men’s basketball to rig the outcome of at least 29 games, federal prosecutors alleged in an indictment unsealed Thursday.
The athletes played for schools across the country, prosecutors claim, including Tulane, St. Louis University, DePaul, Fordham and others.
Among the defendants named by prosecutors are Shane Hennen and Marves Fairley, who were previously charged in a case involving an NBA coach and players. Prosecutors say Hennen and Fairley were at the head of a gambling ring that recruited college basketball players around the country to manipulate their performances in games that Fairley and Hennen bet on.
Tip of the iceberg extending to all pro sports?
