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The key informant at the center of the federal investigation into college basketball is cooperating with the NCAA, according to a letter from association officials obtained by Sports Illustrated—a development that could be a potential game-changer in the NCAA’s ongoing probe of corruption within the sport.
The cooperation has come from Pittsburgh-based financial adviser Louis Martin “Marty” Blazer III, the man who triggered the federal investigation of college basketball as an FBI informant. The letter, which was submitted Friday to federal judge Edgardo Ramos in advance of Blazer’s Feb. 6 sentencing on charges of securities fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and making false statements and documents, notes that Blazer has had “numerous interviews” with NCAA Enforcement staff.