Tim Donaghy facing up to 25 years in prison
Disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy did more than officiate a Raptors-Seattle game at the Air Canada Centre last March; he spent part of the day getting paid for providing betting information and picks to gambling associates. A two-count felony indictment against Donaghy handed up in United States district court New York says the 40-year-old former official “had a meeting with a co-conspirator in Toronto, Canada, and received a cash payment” on March 11, the same day he officiated a Raptors-SuperSonics game. It was one of two meetings outlined in the eight-page indictment between Donaghy and two co-conspirators. Donaghy pleaded guilty to two counts on the indictment yesterday and faces up to 25 years in U.S. prison for conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting betting information through interstate commerce. 
He is free on $250,000 (U.S.) bond and is to be sentenced Nov. 9. He faces a fine of up to $500,000 and is liable to pay at least $30,000 in restitution to the U.S. government. Donaghy, who resigned from the NBA in July after officiating for 13 years, told a Brooklyn federal court judge yesterday he is receiving psychiatric treatment for a gambling addiction and taking medication for anxiety and depression. Donaghy began betting on NBA games – including ones he refereed – about four years ago and began receiving payment for information he started passing on to bookmakers in December, 2006.