WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Roderick Winkler, 32, of Little Rock, Arkansas, entered a plea of guilty this afternoon before United States District Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro to bribery in sporting contests, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and wire fraud, charges arising from his role in a bribery and point-shaving scheme to fix National Collegiate Athletic Association ("NCAA") Division I men's basketball games.
The defendant was charged by indictment in January of this year.
As detailed in court filings, the overall scheme to influence or fix CBA...