Judge rules on restitution owed to NBA by Donaghy, co-conspirators

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, July, 2008 | by WILLIAM BENDER benderw@phillynews.com

A New York judge yesterday ruled that the NBA is entitled to a total of $217,267 in restitution from Tim Donaghy and two suburban Philadelphia co-conspirators, while rejecting the league's argument that the ex-referee alone owed them more than six times that amount.

U.S. District Judge Carol Amon will set a payment schedule today for James "Baba'' Battista and Thomas Martino at their sentencing in Brooklyn, N.Y., federal court on interstate gambling and wire-fraud charges, respectively.

Battista, 43, a professional gambler from Phoenixville, and Martino, 42, of Boothwyn, have admitted to paying Donaghy, then an NBA referee, for correct basketball "picks'' he made by phone between December 2006 and March 2007, using the names of Martino's brothers as code...

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