CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Nevin Shapiro’s attorney says the former Miami booster whose claims of rule breaking sparked an investigation into the Hurricanes’ football program will not be transferred to a South Florida prison after all.
Maria Elena Perez says in an email to The Associated Press that Shapiro is “awaiting his re-designation.” The convicted Ponzi scheme architect is serving a 20-year sentence for bilking investors out of $930 million.
Shapiro is temporarily being held at a facility in Tallahassee, Fla. He was expecting a transfer to a prison in the Miami area to serve the bulk of his sentence.
The NCAA is looking into whether Miami student-athletes should lose eligibility for dealing with Shapiro, who says he provided cars, cash, gifts and prostitutes to players and recruits from 2002 through 2010.
