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The Notorious 2007 NBA Betting Scandal and Tim Donaghy Gets Better Than Ever Storytelling in Netflix’s 'Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul'

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The Notorious 2007 NBA Betting Scandal and Tim Donaghy Gets Better Than Ever Storytelling in Netflix’s 'Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul'

The 2007 NBA betting scandal is the subject of Netflix's Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul. The film is about Tim Donaghy and is 8th part of the 9-part documentary series Untolded.

Tim Donaghy was the NBA referee who was accused of fixing his own games. He was arrested and spent 15 months in the FBI prison. Netflix's documentary Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul tells the story of the investigation. The documentary will take you on the trip from the bookies of New York to the mobsters of NYC.

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