INQUIRER Sports

TAMPA--Former National Basketball Association referee Tim Donaghy was moved from federal prison to a halfway house Wednesday where he will finish serving a 15-month sentence in a gambling conspiracy.

Donaghy pleaded guilty to conspiring to engage in wire fraud and giving betting information across state lines as part of a corruption scandal that rocked the NBA before it was found he was the only official involved.

Donaghy was sentenced by a New York judge last year after admitting he was paid thousands of dollars by professional gamblers for providing inside information about NBA games, some of which he officiated.

Admitting he was addicted to gambling, Donaghy began serving his sentence last September and is now slated to be released in October.

Donaghy, who must seek employment while in the halfway house, has started writing a book about his 13-year NBA career while serving prison time.