20 charged with college hoops point-shaving plot

"Twenty men have been charged in a point-shaving scheme involving more than 39 college basketball players on more than 17 NCAA Division I teams, leading to more than 29 games being fixed, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Fifteen of the defendants played college basketball during the 2023-24 and/or 2024-25 seasons, according to the indictment."

"Some have played this season. Two of the players named in the indictment, Cedquavious Hunter and Dyquavian Short, were sanctioned in November by the NCAA for fixing New Orleans games. At least two of the defendants, Shane Hennen and Marves Fairley, were also charged in a federal indictment in the Eastern District of New York centered on gambling schemes in the NBA."

"Former NBA player Antonio Blakeney was named but not charged in the indictment. The indictment describes Blakeney as being "charged elsewhere." The scheme, according to the indictment, began around September 2022 and initially was focused on fixing games in the Chinese Basketball Association. The group later targeted college basketball games, offering bribes to college players ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 to compromise"

"games for betting purposes, according to the indictment. "In placing these wagers on games they had fixed, the defendants defrauded sportsbooks, as well as individual sports bettors, who were all unaware that the defendants had corruptly manipulated the outcome of these games that should have been decided fairly, based on genuine competition and the best efforts of the players," the indictment said."

Federal prosecutors charged twenty men in a point-shaving and gambling scheme that implicated more than 39 college basketball players across over 17 NCAA Division I teams and more than 29 fixed games. Fifteen defendants played college basketball during the 2023-24 and/or 2024-25 seasons; some played this season. Two players were previously sanctioned for fixing New Orleans games. At least two defendants face a related federal indictment tied to NBA gambling schemes. The scheme began around September 2022, targeted the Chinese Basketball Association first, then offered $10,000–$30,000 bribes to college players to compromise games and place wagers, defrauding sportsbooks and bettors.

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