Two basketball players recently banned by NCAA named in unsealed charges; Rozier defendants included
Twenty men were charged with aiding and abetting bribery in a sports contest, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and wire fraud in an indictment unsealed on Thursday in The Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Two of those charged were former NCAA men’s basketball players who were recently stripped of their eligibility after investigations found they either conspired to manipulate outcomes and/or shared insider information with gamblers. Two others are co-defendants in the cases that led to a conviction of former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter and charges against former NBA player Terry Rozier.
Those charged:
- Jalen Smith
- Marves Fairley, a co-defendant in the Terry Rozier/Jontay Porter case
- Shane Hennen, a co-defendant in the Terry Rozier/Jontay Porter case
- Roderick Winkler
- Alberto Laureano
- Arlando Arnold
- Simeon Cottle
- Kevin Cross
- Bradley Ezewiro
- Shawn Fulcher
- Carlos Hart
- Markeese Hastings
- Cedquavious Hunter, (pictured above) formerly of the University of New Orleans
- Oumar Koureissi
- Da’Sean Nelson
- Demond Robinson
- Camian Shell
- Dyquavion Short, also formerly of New Orleans
- Airion Simmons
- Jalen Terry
This story will be updated.
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