"An investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball players who tried to fix games as recently as last season, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The scheme generally revolved around fixers recruiting players with the promise of a big payment in exchange for purposefully underperforming during a game, prosecutors said."
"The fixers would then place big bets against the players' teams in those games, defrauding sportsbooks and other bettors, authorities said. Calling it an "international criminal conspiracy," U.S. Attorney David Metcalf told reporters in Philadelphia that this case represents a "significant corruption of the integrity of sports." The indictment suggests that many others - including unnamed players - had a role in the scheme but weren't charged, and Metcalf said the investigation was continuing."
An international betting conspiracy rigged Chinese Basketball Association and NCAA games by recruiting players to underperform in exchange for payments, then placing large bets against those teams. Twenty-six people were charged, including more than a dozen college basketball players, with charges that include bribery, wire fraud, and conspiracy. The scheme began with two CBA games in 2023 and expanded to NCAA games as recently as January 2025, involving over 39 players across more than 17 Division I teams and attempting to rig over 29 games. Concerns about gambling and college sports have increased since the 2018 Supreme Court decision that allowed expanded state legalization.
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