Indictments of 6 U of Toledo athletes for point shaving

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Wed May 06, 2009 3:52 pm

Finally coming to a head...

http://www.wtol.com/global/Story.asp?s=10314727
...
Charged in the indictment are:
Ghazi Manni, age 52 of Sterling Heights, Michigan,
Mitchell Edward Karam, age 76, of Troy, Michigan,
Adam Ryan Cuomo, age 31, of Hagersville, Ontario, Canada,
Keith Junior Triplett, age 29, of Toledo, Ohio,
Anton Du'ane Currie, age 25, of Okemos, Michigan,
Kashif Lashon Payne, age 24, of Chester, Pennsylvania,
Harvey Lamont McDougle Jr. Age 24, of East Cleveland, Ohio, and
Quinton James Broussard, age 25, of Carrollton, Texas
...

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Wed May 06, 2009 4:37 pm

PDF of the actual indictment...

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/ ... ctment.pdf

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Wed May 06, 2009 4:44 pm

Page 7 paragraph 15:

It was further a part of the conspiracy that on or about Sunday, January 15, 2006, GHAZI MANNI and MITCHELL EDWARD KARAM, Defendants herein, would and did wager approximately $17,000 on the outcome of the men's basketball game between the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University.

h2oville rocket · Post by **h2oville rocket** » Wed May 06, 2009 7:58 pm

Grant- I could have kicked Anton Currie's azz in any phase of the game (to paraphrase Jelly Bean Joe Bryant's response to Steve Mix starting ahead of him). Why would anyone want Antone Currie to try to influence a game. Just bet against the team he's on. A cautionary tale for gamblers though-your money is in the hands of sleazy grocers and stupid 20 year old kids. Or raggedyass horses from New Mexico that are way better than you thought.

threestooges · Post by **threestooges** » Wed May 06, 2009 8:21 pm

Much as I enjoy poking fun at the school up north, this scares the hell out of me because it could happen anywhere. All it takes is one sleazy person and one impressionable college athlete. Hell, I've felt the MAC was a possible target for gamblers for years because of the midweek football games. There are a lot of dates in November when there is hardly anything else to bet on, so I bet a lot of gamblers look toward the football games that are on the ESPN networks. Regardless, the whole thing scares me to death.

h2oville rocket · Post by **h2oville rocket** » Thu May 07, 2009 8:49 am

threestooges wrote:Much as I enjoy poking fun at the school up north, this scares the hell out of me because it could happen anywhere. All it takes is one sleazy person and one impressionable college athlete. Hell, I've felt the MAC was a possible target for gamblers for years because of the midweek football games. There are a lot of dates in November when there is hardly anything else to bet on, so I bet a lot of gamblers look toward the football games that are on the ESPN networks. Regardless, the whole thing scares me to death.

Gambler quoted in the Blade today says it is pretty common-just very hard to ID and then prove.

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Thu May 07, 2009 10:46 am

h2oville rocket wrote:
threestooges wrote:Much as I enjoy poking fun at the school up north, this scares the hell out of me because it could happen anywhere. All it takes is one sleazy person and one impressionable college athlete. Hell, I've felt the MAC was a possible target for gamblers for years because of the midweek football games. There are a lot of dates in November when there is hardly anything else to bet on, so I bet a lot of gamblers look toward the football games that are on the ESPN networks. Regardless, the whole thing scares me to death.
Gambler quoted in the Blade today says it is pretty common-just very hard to ID and then prove.

So what you're saying is UT-based delinquents are much stupider than delinquents from other universities.

h2oville rocket · Post by **h2oville rocket** » Thu May 07, 2009 10:57 am

Jacobs4Heisman wrote:
h2oville rocket wrote:
threestooges wrote:Much as I enjoy poking fun at the school up north, this scares the hell out of me because it could happen anywhere. All it takes is one sleazy person and one impressionable college athlete. Hell, I've felt the MAC was a possible target for gamblers for years because of the midweek football games. There are a lot of dates in November when there is hardly anything else to bet on, so I bet a lot of gamblers look toward the football games that are on the ESPN networks. Regardless, the whole thing scares me to death.
Gambler quoted in the Blade today says it is pretty common-just very hard to ID and then prove.
So what you're saying is UT-based delinquents are much stupider than delinquents from other universities.

Actually considered adding that line to my post. Unbelievable, but I'm glad they got caught. That stupidity would rank up there with somebody trying to steal drugs by invading homes armed with paintball guns.