College basketball players among 20 charged in point-shaving scheme

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January 15, 2026

By Will Backus, CBS Sports: Federal prosecutors charged 20 people, including several former college basketball players, in an alleged point-shaving scheme, according to an indictment obtained by CBS News. The indictment states that more than 39 college basketball players on at least 17 Division I teams “fixed and attempted to fix” over 29 games.

Seventeen former college basketball players are listed as defendants in the indictment. Fifteen of those players participated in the 2023-24 or 2024-25 seasons. A few have also played this season.

Four of the current players listed in the indictment are Kennesaw State’s Simeon Cottle, the preseason Conference USA Player of the Year, Delaware State’s Camian Shell, Eastern Michigan’s Carlos Hart and Texas Southern’s Oumar Koureissi.

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College basketball players among those charged in point-shaving scheme by FBI

The FBI found that more than 29 games were fixed as a result of its investigation

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