A scheme to rig college basketball games has been uncovered. Here's what we know [View all]
Source: AP
By MARC LEVY
Updated 3:59 PM CST, January 15, 2026
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to fix basketball games stretched from the Chinese Basketball Association to the NCAA and has ensnared 26 people, including current and former college players, prosecutors revealed Thursday.
The charges filed in federal court in Philadelphia include bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy.
How did the scheme work?
A group of fixers, including gamblers, recruited players with the promise of a big payment in exchange for purposefully underperforming during a game, prosecutors said. Those fixers would then bet against the players’ teams in those games, defrauding sportsbooks and other bettors, authorities said.
How did the players get paid?
In cash, hand-delivered by fixers after a game was successfully rigged, prosecutors say. That meant fixers flying into more than a dozen states to drop off cash to players on their campuses or while they were traveling between games.
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