Fixer in lucrative NCAA basketball betting scheme sentenced to 6 years in prison - ABC News

Jalen Smith, 30, was sentenced to six years in federal prison in Pennsylvania for his central role in a point-fixing scheme targeting NCAA Division I college basketball games during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons. Smith recruited players to deliberately underperform, while bettors wagered against those players' teams, defrauding sportsbooks and other gamblers out of millions of dollars. Smith had pleaded guilty earlier this year to bribery and wire fraud charges, making this the first sentence handed down in the broader investigation.