NBA Ref Donaghy Getting Penalty Reduced for 'Honest Services'

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NBA Ref Donaghy Getting Penalty Reduced for 'Honest Services'
SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 7/8/2008 on sports.aol.com [flag]
Looks like Tim Donaghy is catching some sort of break after all, as the fedarales announced today that they believe Donaghy should not have to pay back the $1.4 million the NBA claims he owes the league. That figure was calculated based on his salary from 2003 to 2006 for 'honest services' (read: not fixing games) plus the costs of investigating the alleged improprieties. In a letter filed ... [link]

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Donaghy Won’t Have To Pay Back NBA $1.4 Million
Published 7/8/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Tim Donaghy got a lucky break on Tuesday, as a federal attorney said that the gambling goof doesn’t have to pay the NBA the $1.4 million the league is trying to rustle from its former referee. ...

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