{"id":744532,"date":"2026-07-05T12:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/744532\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T12:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:12:08","slug":"ex-ncaa-basketball-player-kerr-kriisa-arrested-by-fbi-in-alleged-multimillion-dollar-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/744532\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NCAA basketball player Kerr Kriisa arrested by FBI in alleged multimillion-dollar fraud scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former college basketball player allegedly connected to a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme was arrested by the FBI and is awaiting extradition.<\/p>\n

Kerr Kriisa, who played six years in the NCAA for four different schools, was nabbed in Lexington, Kentucky, on Friday, Kentucky Sports Radio reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Estonian native is accused of the fraudulent plot during his single year as a senior at West Virginia University in 2023-23. <\/p>\n

Kerr Kriisa drives the ball during a basketball game between West Virginia and Kansas on Jan. 20, 2024. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Kriisa was being extradited from Kentucky to West Virginia ahead of his court hearing scheduled for this week, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

The exact allegations against Kriisa weren\u2019t immediately known as his case is being handled by the federal government.<\/p>\n

Kriisa was booked into Fayette County Detention Center after his arrest Friday evening, WKYT reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

The college hoops journeyman played three seasons at Arizona, making the NCAA tournament twice with the Wildcats, including when they were named the top seed in 2022, before losing to Houston in the Sweet 16.<\/p>\n

He transferred to West Virginia ahead of the 2023 season for his senior year, but transferred from the program after the Mountaineers\u2019 longtime coach Bob Huggins resigned amid his DUI arrest in June 2023. <\/p>\n

Kentucky\u2019s Kerr Kriisa during the 2024 Champions Classic at State Farm Arena, in Atlanta, Georgia, on Nov. 12, 2024. Sports Illustrated via Getty Ima<\/p>\n

Arizona\u2019s Kerr Kriisa reacts during the first half against California Baptist in Tucson, Arizona, on Dec. 18, 2021. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Kriisa transferred to the University of Kentucky, again losing in the Sweet 16, before he spent his final season at the University of Cincinnati. He finished his college career with 1,115 points in 127 games.<\/p>\n

He was set to take part in \u201cThe Basketball Tournament,\u201d a summer league for college graduates vying to win a $2 million prize, as a member of the University of Kentucky alumni team, \u201cLa Familia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kriisa, was expected to make his TBT debut in a game against the Louisville team \u201cThe Ville\u201d on July 18.<\/p>\n

Kerr Kriisa brings the ball up the court for Cincinnati during a game against his former school, West Virginia, on Feb. 5, 2026. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n

La Familia officials acknowledged Kriisa\u2019s arrest but didn\u2019t offer further details.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re aware of the allegations regarding Kerr Kriisa. Kerr will not be competing with La Familia during the TBT Tournament. We will have no further comment,\u201d the team wrote on X.<\/a><\/p>\n

He was hoping to start his professional career back in his home nation of Estonia after the tournament until he was arrested, the WKYT reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former college basketball player allegedly connected to a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme was arrested by the FBI and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[26644,4044,2765,6884,569,3349,99,7943,13417],"class_list":["post-744532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-arrests","tag-college-basketball","tag-fbi","tag-fraud","tag-kentucky","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-sports","tag-west-virginia","tag-west-virginia-mountaineers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}