Twenty-six charged in latest basketball gambling scandalListen to this articleFormer NBA player Antonio Blakeney - who is named but not charged in the latest indictment - is alleged to have been recruited by conspirators while playing in China. (Photo: AFP)LOS ANGELES - Twenty-six people have been charged with fixing US college and Chinese professional basketball games in an alleged transnational criminal conspiracy, federal prosecutors said on Thursday. It enveloped the world of college basketball," he told a press conference. Defendants allegedly then offered more than 39 US college players bribes of up to $30,000 per game, and made wagers totaling millions of dollars. More than a dozen of the defendants have played college basketball within the past three years.

Source: Bangkok Post January 16, 2026 02:25 UTC