Villegas allegedly intentionally missed 2 free throws vs. Wright St. in '06 TOLEDO, Ohio - A former University of Toledo basketball player has been charged with point shaving, according to a federal bill of information filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit. Sammy Villegas, who played basketball for four years at Toledo and has followed that with a professional career in his native Puerto Rico, is accused of shaving points in games during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons. The case comes a little more than a year after a Toledo football player was accused in a gambling scheme, though the charges against him were dropped. A university spokesman described the cases as isolated incidents. Villegas, a guard who finished his college career in 2006, also paid another player who took part in the point-shaving ring, prosecutors said....
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