Federal prosecutors indict 26 people for allegedly fixing college basketball games in widespread conspiracy

Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced Thursday that at least 26 people were indicted in an alleged "transactional criminal scheme" to fix NCAA Division 1 men's basketball games and professional Chinese Basketball Association games. 

The announcement follows the federal government’s crackdown on illicit sports gambling and point-shaving schemes that engulfed the NBA in October.  

United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, David Metcalf, announced the indictment...