Convicted Ponzi scheme architect Nevin Shapiro has told Yahoo! Sports he provided impermissible benefits to dozens of University of Miami athletes, most of whom were involved with the football program.
Shapiro says he gave money, cars, yacht trips, jewelry, televisions and other gifts between 2002 and 2010, when he was a booster at the school. He claims he paid for nightclub outings, sex parties, restaurant meals and in one case, an abortion.
Yahoo! Sports says it spent 100 hours interviewing Shapiro over the span of 11 months.
In June, Shapiro was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he admitted to securities fraud and money laundering. He was also ordered to pay more than $82 million in restitution to his victims.
The NCAA is investigating Shapiro’s role with the program.
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