Um total de 26 pessoas foram acusadas de manipular jogos de basquete universitário nos Estados Unidos e em uma liga profissional na China, em um suposto esquema criminoso transnacional, anunciaram promotores federais americanos nesta quinta-feira.
A acusação, apresentada no estado americano da Filadélfia, inclui acusações de suborno e abrange quase 30 jogos nos quais grandes apostas teriam sido feitas nos resultados depois que jogadores foram pagos para terem um desempenho abaixo do esperado.
Segundo o jornal americano USA Today, documentos mostram que o esquema afetou resultado de partidas entre 2022 e 2025. De acordo com a acusação, algumas das apostas foram feitas no Rivers Casino, na Filadélfia, e chegaram a centenas de milhares de dólares.
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Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown e Robert Williams, do Boston Celtics, competem pelo rebote contra Klay Thompson, Kevon Looney, Andrew Wiggins e Gary Payton, do Golden State Warriors, durante o terceiro quarto do jogo cinco das finais da NBA de 2022, no Chase Center, em 13 de junho, em San Francisco, Califórnia. — Foto: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images/AFP
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Stephen Curry, do Golden State Warriors, arremessa durante o primeiro tempo contra o Boston Celtics, no jogo dois das finais da NBA, no Chase Center, em 5 de junho. — Foto: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images/AFP
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Stephen Curry, do Golden State Warriors durante o jogo três das finais da NBA contra o Boston Celtics — Foto: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP
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Kevon Looney, do Golden State Warriors, e Robert Williams, do Boston Celtics, competem pelo rebote. — Foto: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images/AFP
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Draymond Green, do Golden State Warriors, atira na cesta sobre Al Horford, do Boston Celtics, durante o terceiro quarto do jogo dois das finais da NBA — Foto: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images/AFP
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Marcus Smart, do Boston Celtics, investe para a cesta contra Otto Porter Jr., do Golden State Warriors, no segundo quarto durante o jogo três das finais da NBA de 2022, no TD Garden, em 8 de junho, em Boston, Massachusetts. — Foto: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP
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Andrew Wiggins, do Golden State Warriors, e Al Horford, do Boston Celtics, durante o primeiro tempo do primeiro jogo das finais da NBA de 2022, no Chase Center, 2 de junho, em São Francisco, Califórnia. — Foto: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images/AFP
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Ainda de acordo com a publicação, um nome citado foi o de Antonio Blakeney, que, na NBA, jogou pelo Chicago Bulls, antes de migrar para a China, onde atuou no Jiangsu Dragons. Segundo os promotores, Blakeney foi o primeiro jogador “recrutado” e, após vários resultados positivos na China, passou a “recrutar jogadores da NCAA [liga de basquete universitário dos EUA] que aceitassem subornos”. Blakeney foi acusado de conspiração para cometer fraude eletrônica.
Presidente da NCAA, Charlie Baker disse, em comunicado, que a entidade trabalha com as autoridades policiais para preservar a legitimidade das competições esportivas universitárias.
“A Associação tem combatido e continuará a combater agressivamente as violações de apostas esportivas em eventos universitários, utilizando um programa de monitoramento de integridade em várias camadas que abrange mais de 22.000 partidas”, disse Baker. “Mas ainda precisamos que os estados restantes, os órgãos reguladores e as empresas de jogos eliminem as ameaças à integridade, como as apostas paralelas em eventos universitários, para melhor proteger atletas e ligas de riscos à integridade e apostadores predatórios.”
Este escândalo abalou mais uma vez o mundo dos esportes americanos, após duas amplas investigações federais que levaram à prisão de um técnico e um jogador da NBA em outubro.
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