NJ financier adviser praised at NCAA scandal sentencing

NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey financial adviser was praised for his cooperation and a judge spared him from prison after he admitted his role in a college basketball scandal.
Munish Sood was fined $25,000 Thursday but was not sentenced to prison or forced to be supervised by probation authorities.
U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood said she’ll rule on restitution at a later point.
A prosecutor praised Sood for testifying at two trials that resulted in the convictions of several men cha