Document Type
Brief
Category
What Comes Next?
Publication Date
2019
Abstract
In United States v. James Gatto et. al., federal prosecutors successfully argued that violations of rules adopted by private associations can form the basis for federal criminal prosecution. The convictions in the Gatto case established that rules promulgated by the National College Athletic Association, the NCAA, could serve as the basis for felony charges of, among others, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The Gatto trial was part of a much larger investigation by the FBI into NCAA sports corruption. This paper will look at the NCAA investigation with a focus on James Gatto and his associates, the Gatto trial and conviction, and the potential ramifications of the legal theory successfully deployed by SDNY prosecutors in the Gatto trial.
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Cara C. Maines & Edward Popovici,
Corruption in Basketball: Understanding United States v James Gatto et. al.,
(2019).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/public_integrity/16