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Related: About this forumEmanuel "Book" Richardson, Former Division I Men's Basketball Coach, Pleads Guilty To Bribery In Man
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/emanuel-book-richardson-former-division-i-men-s-basketball-coach-pleads-guilty-briberyDepartment of Justice
U.S. Attorneys Office
Southern District of New York
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Emanuel Book Richardson, Former Division I Mens Basketball Coach, Pleads Guilty To Bribery In Manhattan Federal Court
Richardson, a Former University of Arizona Mens Basketball Coach, Pleaded Guilty to Accepting Cash Bribes in Return for Steering College Players on His Team to Corrupt Financial Advisers
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that EMANUEL RICHARDSON, a/k/a Book, a former mens basketball coach at the University of Arizona (Arizona), pled guilty in Manhattan federal court today to taking approximately $20,000 in cash bribes from athlete advisers in exchange for using his position to influence Arizona basketball players on his team to retain the services of the advisers paying the bribes. RICHARDSON pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos.
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RICHARDSON, a former mens basketball coach at Arizona, agreed to accept cash bribes in return for agreeing to exert his influence over student-athletes on Arizonas Division I mens basketball team to retain the services of the bribe-payers once the student-athletes entered the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Beginning in or around February 2017, and continuing into September 2017, when RICHARDSON was arrested, RICHARDSON received approximately $20,000 in cash bribes from current and aspiring financial advisers and/or managers for professional athletes in exchange for RICHARDSONs agreement to exert his influence over certain student-athletes RICHARDSON coached at Arizona to retain the services of the bribe payers once those players entered the NBA. For example, in discussing his commitment to steering Arizona players to retain the bribe payers upon entering the NBA, RICHARDSON told an undercover FBI agent and others, during a recorded meeting, I used to let kids talk to three or four guys, but I was like, why would you do that? You know thats like taking a kid to a BMW dealer, a Benz dealer, and a Porsche dealer. They like them all . . . You have to pick for them. In return for the cash bribes RICHARDSON received, RICHARDSON facilitated a meeting between the bribe payers and a relative of a player attending Arizona for the purpose of pressuring that player to retain the financial services of the bribe payers.
In addition to todays plea, Anthony Bland, a/k/a Tony, a former mens basketball coach at the University of Southern California, previously pled guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement with the Government, in connection with this scheme. Munish Sood, a financial adviser, also previously pled guilty, pursuant to a cooperation agreement with the Government, in connection with this scheme
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