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    USC assistant coach Tony Bland among 10 charged in college basketball corruption probe

    by By Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times Sep 26, 2017 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors have charged USC assistant men's basketball coach Tony Bland with conspiracy to commit bribery, soliciting a bribe and wire fraud as part of a wide-ranging series of indictments related to fraud and corruption in college basketball.

    Arizona assistant Emanuel Richardson, Auburn assistant and former Los Angeles Lakers assistant Chuck Person and Oklahoma State assistant Lamont Evans were also among the 10 people charged in U.S. District Court in New York City in criminal complaints unsealed Tuesday.

    During a news conference Tuesday, Joon H. Kim, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, called the allegations a journey into the "dark underbelly of college basketball."

    "Coaches at some of the nation's top programs soliciting and accepting cash bribes," Kim said. "Managers and financial advisors circling blue

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