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Former Toledo player charged with point-shaving

08/06/2008 A former University of Toledo basketball player has been charged with fixing games, according to a federal indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit. Sammy Villegas, who played for four years at Toledo, is accused of shaving points in games during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons.

Villegas, a guard who finished his career in 2006, also paid money to another player who took part in the point-shaving scheme, prosecutors said. The other player was not charged or named in the indictment, which was filed June 30.

Villegas was charged with conspiracy to influence sports contests by bribery and received money and other gifts in exchange for fixing games, prosecutors said. Prosecutors also didnŐt name who paid the players. Villegas traveled to Michigan several times to meet with another participant in the scheme, the indictment said.

He intentionally missed two free throws in a game against Central State in 2006, the indictment said.

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