A Mississippian is wrapped up in a major federal criminal investigation into professional basketball games being rigged.

Marves Fairley, a Bassfield native, was listed among five others, including two former pro basketball players and a former college football player, in an unsealed indictment for his alleged role in a wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy case linked to NBA matchups being fixed.

The defendants, including Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA player Damon Jones, along with former Kentucky football player De’Niro Laster, are accused of aiding in the obtaining and misusing non-public information about upcoming NBA games to place fraudulent sports bets for profit and then laundering the proceeds between December 2022 and March 2024. Eric Ernest and Shane Henen a

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