MIAMI (AP) - An attorney says NCAA investigators are visiting
the University of Miami campus looking into claims that more than a
dozen former or current players received gifts and services from
convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro.
     His attorney, Maria Elena Perez, says Shapiro has told the NCAA
he provided players with the use of a yacht and other favors.
Shapiro and Perez have been talking with the NCAA about the matter
for a couple of months, and she says investigators were on campus
Monday.
     University officials didn't immediately respond to requests for
comment.
     The 42-year-old Shapiro was sentenced in June by a New Jersey
federal judge to 20 years in prison for his role in an investment
fraud scheme.