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Toledo FB Player accused of point-shaving

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DaytonBuck;800734; said:
How much trouble can Toledo the program get into for this?
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This much?
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usatoday

Toledo unsure of other charges in alleged point-shaving

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) ? Athletic officials at the University of Toledo said Monday they don't know if any more players will be charged in what the FBI says was a point-shaving scheme.

Federal authorities arrested running back Harvey "Scooter" McDougle Jr. on Friday, charging him with participating in a bribery scheme to influence sporting contests.

McDougle, 22, and a senior from East Cleveland, recruited Toledo football and basketball players to participate in the scheme orchestrated by a Michigan man identified only as "Gary," according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court.

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Oddsmaker with suspicions filed report on Toledo

TOLEDO, Ohio -- A Las Vegas oddsmaker said Monday night that he alerted Nevada gambling authorities and the NCAA last summer about unusually large amounts of money being wagered on University of Toledo football games.....

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Canton

Toledo running back in point-shaving case is innocent
Sunday, April 8, 2007


BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (AP) ? A lawyer for a University of Toledo running back arrested in a point-shaving scheme said the charges against Harvey ?Scooter? McDougle Jr. aren?t true.

Attorney James Burdick of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., was appointed to represent McDougle on a charge of participating in a bribery scheme to influence college football and basketball games. Burdick said after meeting with the running back Friday, ?I?m confident he?s been falsely accused.?

According to an FBI affidavit, McDougle, 22, a senior from East Cleveland, Ohio, accepted cash, a car, a phone and other merchandise from a Michigan gambler in return for recruiting players to affect the outcome of Rockets football and basketball games.


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So the lawyer says his client didn't do it, and the Canton Repository decides to run an article with the headline: 'Toledo running-back in point-shaving scandal is innocent' - that's a very poor job by the newspaper, IMO. How about "Lawyer says Toledo RB ...."

I'm guessing this is another headline in the Canton paper today:

'Dog bites man'
 
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usatoday

Toledo player likely will not face point-shaving charges

By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY

Federal authorities are likely to dismiss a criminal complaint for alleged point-shaving against University of Toledo running back Harvey "Scooter" McDougle, Jr., says Gina Balaya, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Detroit.

Authorities are also likely to cancel a scheduled preliminary hearing for the 22-year-old senior previously scheduled for Friday, Balaya told USA TODAY on Tuesday.

The U.S. Attorney's office, however, is proceeding with its "ongoing investigation" of McDougle with an eye toward filing new charges or seeking an indictment, she said. Balaya described the likely dismissal of the criminal complaint as more of a procedural delay to give the government more time to build its case.

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Get ye to a non-extradition country.

Andorra, Angola, Bantu Homelands, Bhutan, Bosnia, Cambodia, Ciskei, Cuba, Iran, Korea (North), Libya, Maldives, Serbia, Somalia, Taiwan, Transkei, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
 
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