Bert Neff, an Indiana businessman who federal authorities described as knowledgeable gambler, was sentenced to eight months in jail and three years of supervised launch Monday for his position in a betting scandal involving an SEC baseball recreation in 2023, in accordance with a spokesperson for the US Lawyer’s Workplace within the Northern District of Alabama
Neff pleaded responsible to obstruction of justice expenses in March after federal authorities accused him of destroying proof, tampering with witnesses and offering false statements to the FBI throughout an investigation into suspicious betting on an Alabama-LSU baseball recreation on April 28, 2023.
The investigation finally led to the firing of then-Crimson Tide baseball coach Brad Bohannon. A number of sources informed ESPN that Neff, after speaking with Bohannon a couple of lineup change, tried to guess on LSU to win the sport in query. Bohannon, who has not been named in courtroom paperwork, was terminated by Alabama in early Could 2023.
Federal authorities accused Neff in courtroom paperwork of sharing data from an affiliate recognized as “Particular person-1” relating to an harm to the deliberate beginning pitcher. Neff, in accordance with the courtroom paperwork, shared a screenshot of the messages with a number of associates. 4 gamblers linked to Neff additionally wagered on the sport, in accordance with the paperwork.
Alabama scratched its beginning pitcher earlier than the sport, which LSU received 8-6.
“Bert Eugene Neff is knowledgeable gambler,” Edward Canter, assistant U.S. legal professional, wrote in sentencing memorandum for the case. “Confronted with a federal grand jury investigation, he labored to recreation the system. The defendant destroyed proof, tampered with witnesses, and supplied false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He didn’t do that as soon as. He did it on dozens of events, and he did so for the better a part of a 12 months.”
An legal professional listed for Neff didn’t reply to a request for remark from ESPN.