Former college basketball guard Kerr Kriisa indicted in alleged $2.2M wire fraud scheme

Kerr Kriisa, a erstwhile assemblage hoops guard, was indicted successful transportation with an alleged $2.2 cardinal fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office successful the Northern District of West Virginia announced connected Monday.

Kriisa, an Estonian nationalist who plays for Tartu Ülikool successful his country, was arrested and volition look successful national tribunal this week aft being charged with 5 counts of ligament fraud, U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey announced.

Court documents stated that, from 2022 done June 2, 2026, the 25-year-old allegedly carried retired a strategy to get astir $2.2 cardinal from aggregate victims "using mendacious representations, fabricated identities, and deceptive communications," the U.S. Attorney’s Office wrote successful its property release.

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Kerr Kriisa of the Cincinnati Bearcats warms up earlier the crippled against the Arizona Wildcats astatine McKale Center connected Jan. 21, 2026 successful Tucson, Arizona. The Wildcats defeated the Bearcats, 77-51. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)

Kriisa’s indictment alleges helium posed arsenic respective antithetic individuals, which included fictional contacts and household members, portion falsely claiming helium and his household were successful danger. Also, helium allegedly said his parent needed crab treatment, oregon household spot required urgent fiscal enactment from victims.

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Kriisa was allegedly requesting repeated payments from 2 of the victims, portion besides directing 1 unfortunate to nonstop wealth nether mendacious pretenses successful this case.

He allegedly conducted his strategy successful Monongalia County, West Virginia and elsewhere.

Kerr Kriisa of the Cincinnati Bearcats brings the shot up tribunal during a assemblage hoops crippled against the West Virginia Mountaineers connected Feb. 5, 2026 astatine Fifth Third Arena successful Cincinnati, Ohio. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire)

"Financial fraud schemes erode spot and origin existent harm to victims who believed they were helping idiosyncratic successful need," said Harvey successful the property release. "Our bureau volition proceed to prosecute individuals who exploit others done deception. We are committed to holding them accountable for their actions."

Kriisa allegedly signed a written statement successful April 2025 promising to repay 1 of his victims $100,000 by February 2026. Prosecutors said this lawsuit was besides fraudulent.

The authorities is presently seeking forfeiture of immoderate proceeds traceable to the alleged offenses from Kriisa, which includes a wealth judgement of an estimated $2.2 million.

Kerr Kriisa of the Kentucky Wildcats reacts against the Gonzaga Bulldogs astatine Climate Pledge Arena connected Dec. 7, 2024 successful Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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Kriisa’s assemblage hoops vocation began astatine Arizona, arsenic helium spent 3 seasons with the Wildcats from 2020-23. He transferred to West Virginia for the 2023-24 season, portion besides seeing clip with the Kentucky Wildcats and Cincinnati Bearcats aft that, respectively.

Kriisa averaged 8.8 points and 4.4 assists crossed 127 vocation games astatine the Division I level.

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