17 college basketball players charged in point-shaving scheme: Indictment

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Source: ABC News

17 college basketball players charged in point-shaving scheme: Indictment

The alleged scheme ran from September 2022 to February 2025.

ByAaron Katersky
January 15, 2026, 10:06 AM ET • 4 min read

Former college All-American Antonio Blakeney is among 17 basketball players named in a point-shaving scheme to fix games in the NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association and rig bets, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday in Philadelphia.

The alleged scheme ran from September 2022 to February 2025 and defrauded various sportsbooks and individual bettors.

"The sportsbooks would not have paid out those wagers had they known that the defendants fixed those games," the indictment said.

In total, 20 defendants are named in the indictment, including basketball players who agreed, in exchange for bribes, to fix NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games. So-called fixers who were operating the scheme then placed big bets on those games.

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That's just adding to the day's greatness.

[mwb970]

1. Really? Sports figures cheating and lying?

It's hard to imagine.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. I'm easily duped, too. Sometimes.

[walkingman]

2. IMO, the downside of NIL in college is that anytime $$$ is involved it

enhances the chance of corruption.

[Jilly_in_VA]

3. However

they have yet to name a one of them. My guess is that they are either one-and-done types or guys from minor (non-P5) schools.

There's a reason I prefer women's basketball. Most of the women are still in it for the education, NIL or not. Especially at the mid-major level, which is where I hang my hat these days (go JMU!) and aren't into gambling at all.

[Jose Garcia]

5. Antonio Blakeney is named in the first paragraph

[Jilly_in_VA]

6. Not familiar with him and no longer patronize ABC

Where did he play? And when? And who are any of the others?

[MenloParque]

4. Sportsball is rigged?!? No way!!!

[chouchou]

7. Tsk..Tsk...they should be as honest as Horse-Racing.

..and I'm Taylor Swift.

[Shrek]

9. Somebody bet $424,000 on Kent State to cover the first-half spread against Buffalo

Sure, nothing suspicious about that at all.