An aspiring sports agent and a former consultant for Adidas were found guilty of bribery charges, in a scheme to pay college basketball coaches to steer star players to sign with a fledgling sports-management company
Christian Dawkins, who was working to launch his own sports-management business, was convicted on a count of conspiracy to commit bribery and a separate bribery count. Merl Code, who had worked as a consultant for Nike and Adidas, was convicted only on the bribery conspiracy count.
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