Bifalco allegedly has purported ties to the Colombo crime family and was caught on an FBI wiretap telling a family capo about a plan to pay thousands of dollars to players of an unnamed team, according to his indictment.
February 20, 2020, 4:53 PMCatch up on the developing stories making headlines.A Staten Island man is set to plead guilty Thursday to charges he tried to bribe college basketball players to fix games, his attorney said.
Federal prosecutors said that Benjamin Bifalco concocted a"scheme to fix an NCAA college basketball game." Investigators learned of the alleged crime in December 2018 as part of an organized crime investigation. Bifalco, 25, allegedly has purported ties to the Colombo crime family and was caught on an FBI wiretap telling a family capo about a plan to pay thousands of dollars to players of an unnamed team, according to his indictment.The NCAA logo is seen in Oklahoma City, OK., April 2, 2013.Bifalco allegedly encouraged the Colombo capo to place a big bet on the game but the indictment said there were no wagers placed.
Bifalco had previously worked for the office of Assemblywoman Nicole Milliotakis, but was swiftly fired when he was arrested last October.
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