The FBI has arrested several NCAA asst. basketball coaches in a corruption scheme. Presser @ 12n with U.S. Attorney
Lamont Evans of Oklahoma State and Chuck Person of Auburn University are two of the coaches charged in corruption scheme.
Emanuel Richardson of Arizona is also a coach who has been charged in the corruption scheme according to court docs.
Folks there are 120+ pages of criminal complaints to go through... details as we can report and write.
The fourth coach charged in the scheme announced by the U.S. Attorney's office is Tony Bland of USC
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Well this could go poorly quickly.
Just saw this on twitter:
BREAKING: Lamont Evans of Oklahoma State and Chuck Person of Auburn University are two of the coaches charged in corruption scheme.
Pretty glad he decided to stay at OSU now.
I'm guessing this has to do with improper selling of complimentary tickets on the secondary market. Complete speculation on my part but what other federal crimes could assistant coaches spanning the entire country collectively be involved in?
The Evans piece looks to be related to steering players towards agents in return for cash bribes.
Looks like this was while Evans was at South Carolina. The justice post indicates this happened in SC. Not sure exactly when Evans went to OSU.
Edit: looks like this continued beyond the initial incident at SC to well into his time under BU at OSU.