BREAKING NEWS: UofA Asst Book Richardson was arrested by FBI for bribery

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FBI to hold 9am MST Press Conference to discuss arrests & charges of multiple Assistant coaches including Arizona Wildcats Assistant coach Book Richardson. He's 1 of 10 college basketball assistants to be arrested in connection with taking bribes from clothing companies. Read more on this below.







A college basketball bribery scandal leads to arrests of 10 people — including an Adidas executive

A college basketball bribery scandal leads to arrests of 10 people — including an Adidas executive
Kate Taylor

The FBI arrested 10 people on charges of charges of fraud and corruption in college basketball on Tuesday.

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that college basketball coaches at University of Arizona, Auburn, University of Southern California, and Oklahoma State University had been arrested, as well as managers, financial advisors, and representatives of a major international sportswear company.

Jim Gatto, director of global sports marketing for basketball at Adidas, was also named as a defendant.

Gatto and four other defendants have been charged with "making and concealing bribe payments" to high school student athletes and/or their families.

Other defendants include Jonathan Brad Augustine, president of nonprofit The League Initiative, Merl Code, the head of Nike's Elite Youth Basketball League as of 2013, and Christian Dawkins, a former sports agent fired in May for charging $42,000 in Uber rides on an NBA player's credit card.

The coaches arrested include: Anthony "Tony" Bland, associate head coach at University of Southern California and former assistant coach at San Diego State; Chuck Connors Person, associate head coach at Auburn University; Lamont Evans, associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for Oklahoma State University's basketball team and former South Carolina assistant coach; and Emmanuel Richardson, an assistant coach for University of Arizona.

The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that

Read the rest of the article below
http://www.businessinsider.com/college-basketball-bribery-scandal-arrests-2017-9

Also are official court documents here
https://t.co/r1BeX7rkeZ?amp=1

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It appears federal authorities are alleging Brian Bowen's family received approximately $100,000 to ensure his commitment to Louisville.  Bowen was once thought to be going to UofA. WOW, see story below


Four college basketball assistant coaches hit with federal fraud, corruption charges
By Gary Parrish 20m ago • 1 min read
Chuck Person
Chuck Person, an assistant under Bruce Pearl at Auburn, is one of the coaches facing charges. USATSI
The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced early Tuesday that a press conference will be held at noon ET to detail charges of fraud and corruption in college basketball against four current assistant coaches -- Arizona's Emanuel "Book" Richardson, Auburn's Chuck Person, Oklahoma State's Lamont Evans and USC's Tony Bland. Managers, financial advisers and representatives of a major international sportswear company are also involved.
The four basketball coaches were arrested late Monday.

Full article here
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/four-college-basketball-assistant-coaches-hit-with-federal-fraud-corruption-charges/amp/

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FBI had been running this undercover Sting Operation since 2015.  Read the FULL court documents here -  https://t.co/OC5OGQvVVF

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What does this mean?  I'm sick to my stomach. 

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Book Richardson & three other assistants (other prgms) were arrested late Monday. Also Adidas Basketball Dir. Of sports marketing.

I added look to court documents in the first post of this thread. Press conference is at 9am Tucson time. More to come

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Pulled from court documents

FBI complaint against Book Richardson alleges that Richardson received bribes AND provided to at least (1) High School recruit. 

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Man, this is not good. 

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After reading through court documents which I pasted excerpts from above it looks like another UofA assistant may be involved. Now we have to figure out who the highschool player was. FBI instead of just NCAA involved is BIG and UofA basketball media day is tomorrow.

Full court documents against Book in case you missed when I linked it above
https://t.co/3iC389epCl?amp=1

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Miller is done.  There's no way he was not aware.  We are toast my friends.  These can set a program back 10 years. 

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Miller is not done, lets not spread rumors. Lets only report the facts.