CLEVELAND, Ohio — A low-level participant in a sprawling sports-betting scandal involving veteran NBA guard and former Shaker Heights basketball star Terry Rozier pocketed enough illicit winnings to buy a new car or put a down payment on a house, according to federal prosecutors.

Timothy McCormack, a proxy bettor, got advance tips that Rozier planned to fake an injury during a March 2023 game and that betting on Rozier’s poor performance would be a sure thing, court documents show.

Federal prosecutors say McCormack laid down six bets and raked in $53,887.

Though modest compared with the hundreds of thousands that authorities say higher-level bettors earned, McCormack’s haul showcases how quickly insiders can profit from rigged player performances.

“The scheme undermined the core princi

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