A group of 20 men, including many former players, has been charged in a massive game-fixing scandal involving more than 39 players across 17 Division I NCAA teams, resulting in 29 games being fixed.
The federal document detailing the charges was unsealed on Thursday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
According to the document, 15 of the 20 people charged played college basketball at some point over the last two years; some have even played this year.
As for the other five defendants, authorities describe them as “fixers.” There is also overlap between this point-shaving scandal and the NBA gambling scandal uncovered last year. Two of the defendants, Shane Hennen and Marves Fairley, were also named in the NBA gambling scandal.
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The scandal reportedly began in
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