The FBI has arrested four College Basketball assistant Coaches, including Tony Bland from USC, in what federal authorities say is a corruption scandal involving bribes paid to steer elite athletes to financial advisors.

Prosecutors have called a press conference at noon in New York to discuss the charges, include bribery and fraud.

“Moreover many such coaches have enormous influence over the student-athletes who play for them, in particular with respect to guiding those student-athletes through the process of selecting agents and other advisors when they prepare to leave college and enter the NBA,” the FBI said.

Bland, a former coach at San Diego State, brought a reputation as a star recruiter to USC.

In the court papers, the FBI says that Bland met in July with a sports agent, Christian Dawkins, in a hotel room in Las Vegas to talk about signing two USC players, a rising freshman who had just committed to the school, and a rising sophomore.