Fraud and false statements
FILE — This file combo of images shows, from left, amateur basketball league director Merl Code, former Adidas executive James Gatto, and business manager Christian Dawkins. A federal appeals court in New York, Friday, Jan. 15, 2020, upheld convictions Code, Gatto and Dawkins in a college basketball scandal that spoiled the careers of several coaches. (AP Photo/File)
Appeals court OKs convictions in college basketball scandal

By Larry Neumeister Jan. 15, 2021 11:29 AM EST

Ex-insurance exec gets 6 months in college admissions scam

By Collin Binkley Nov. 13, 2019 05:53 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — A former California insurance executive was sentenced to six months in prison for paying $450,000 to get his son and daughter admitted to the...

Couple who accused Georgia Tech's Pastner charged

May. 22, 2019 03:11 PM EDT
ORO VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona couple is facing more criminal charges for allegedly trying to implicate Georgia Tech basketball coach Josh Pastner in a sexual...

Jury selected in 2nd trial over NCAA recruitment

By Larry Neumeister Apr. 22, 2019 11:45 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury was selected Monday to hear evidence in the trial of an aspiring agent and a former amateur coach charged with bribing big-school coaches to...

Actress Felicity Huffman arrives at federal court in Boston on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
The Latest: Huffman appears in court for college scam

Apr. 03, 2019 03:06 PM EDT

This combo of images shows, from left, amateur basketball league director Merl Code, Former Adidas executive James Gatto, and business manager Christian Dawkins. The three men were sentenced Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in the widespread college basketball recruiting scandal that has tainted two dozen schools. Gatto got nine months in prison. Dawkins and Code got six months each. (AP Photo/Bebeto Mathews, left, Seth Wenig, center and right)
3 get prison in college basketball recruiting scandal

By Larry Neumeister Mar. 05, 2019 01:12 PM EST

FILE - At left, in an Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, Christian Dawkins arrives at federal court in New York. At center, in an Oct. 24, 2018, file photo, former amateur basketball league director Merl Code leaves federal court in New York. At right, in an Oct. 18, 2018, file photo, former Adidas executive James Gatto arrives at federal court in New York. Federal prosecutors have recommended multiyear prison sentences for three men convicted of fraud for channeling secret payments to the families of top-tier basketball recruits to influence where the players went to school. Former Adidas executive James Gatto, business manager Christian Dawkins and amateur league director Merl Code were convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in October for funneling recruits to Louisville, Kansas and North Carolina State. On Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, prosecutors in the Southern District of New York recommended a sentence of 46 to 57 months for Gatto and 30 to 37 months in prison for Code and Dawkins. They are scheduled to be sentenced next week. (AP Photo/File)
Feds seek multiyear sentences in college basketball case

Feb. 28, 2019 12:43 PM EST

FILE - In this May 3, 2017, file photo, then-University of New Mexico athletics director Paul Krebs answers questions during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M. Krebs has been charged with fraud and money laundering. The New Mexico Attorney General's Office filed a criminal complaint Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, against Krebs in connection with a 2015 golf trip to Scotland and allegations he tried to conceal a $25,000 donation. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
Ex-New Mexico athletic head charged with fraud, laundering

By Russell Contreras Feb. 06, 2019 02:09 PM EST

Judge upholds charges against ex-Auburn Coach Chuck Person

By Larry Neumeister Jan. 03, 2019 06:43 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge gave the go ahead Thursday to a trial next month over charges that former Auburn basketball assistant coach Chuck Person accepted...