A US District Court has charged an individual with attempted match fixing in New York. The person charged is an alleged organized crime family member. The attempted sports bribery charge was in relation to an NCAA Division I men’s basketball game in December of 2018, according to a court filing. The court ruled defendant Benjamin Bifalco, together with others, knowingly and intentionally attempted to influence a sporting contest with bribery Court-authorized wiretaps captured the defendants, with 25-year-old Bifalco having offered members of a college basketball team thousands of dollars to intentionally lose the game. The court did not disclose which…