The FBI arrested Auburn associate basketball coach -- and former Indiana Pacers star -- Chuck Person on Tuesday on federal corruption charges. He was one of four NCAA assistant basketball coaches and 10 people total arrested in a corruption scheme that allegedly involves both recruiting athletes to universities and directing athletes with NBA potential to specific agents, advisers and an apparel company.

Person played for the Pacers for six seasons after the team chose him fourth in the 1986 draft.

The other coaches arrested are Southern California assistant Tony Bland, Arizona assistant Emanuel Richardson and Oklahoma State assistant Lamont Evans.

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The six others named on court documents are: James Gatto, director of global sports marketing at Adidas; Merl Code, an Adidas adviser; Christian Dawkins, an NBA agent; Jonathan Brad Augustine, program director of the Adidas-sponsored 1 Family AAU program; Munish Sood, a financial adviser; and Rashan Michel, founder of Thompson Bespoke Clothing line.

The FBI said it had uncovered a scheme “involving cash payments by sports agents, financial advisers and executives of at least one athletic apparel company to the families of high-school athletes, at the request of coaches at two NCAA Division 1 universities, in exchange for those athletes agreeing to attend the universities and later to sign with the advisers and apparel companies who paid the bribes.”

According to the FBI complaint against Person, he received bribe payments, brokered by Michel, in exchange for using his influence as a college coach to “persuade and pressure student-athletes and their families to retain the services” of an unnamed financial adviser and business manager after the athletes became professional basketball players.

Unbeknownst to Person and Michel, the adviser/manager was cooperating with the FBI probe. Michel is described in the probe as a person who “had a preexisting relationship with Person and operated a clothing store that specialized in making bespoke suits for professional athletes."

Over a 10-month period, according to the FBI charges, the adviser/manager for professional athletes who was a cooperating witness for the FBI paid “approximately $91,500 in bribes in exchange for Person’s agreement to use his official influence” to persuade athletes Person thought would enter the NBA to hire the adviser/manager and buy suits from Michel.

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The FBI noted it had been investigating since 2015 "the criminal influence of money on coaches and student-athletes who participate in intercollegiate basketball governed by the NCAA."

Auburn University released a statement Tuesday afternoon that Person had been immediately suspended without pay, according to the Montgomery Advertiser.

“This morning’s news is shocking. We are saddened, angry and disappointed. We have suspended Coach Person without pay effective immediately," the university statement read. "We are committed to playing by the rules, and that’s what we expect from our coaches. In the meantime, Auburn is working closely with law enforcement, and we will help them in their investigation in any way we can.”

The criminal complaint against Person includes excerpts from a call between the financial adviser/business manager cooperating with the FBI and Person (the call was recorded by the adviser/manager, according to the complaint).

"During the call, Person touted a specific player, likely to enter NBA draft. ... Person informed (the adviser/manager) that he met with the player every week at his mother's house and that the player "listens to one person. He listens to one person... that's me, yep."

In the call, Person asks the adviser/manager to confirm that the next installment of the bribe payment was coming, asking, "you're gonna -- you're gonna give me 10 today, and then 15, 15, 10, correct?"

The criminal complaint also includes this text message exchange the FBI says is between Person and the adviser/manager regarding an additional $5,000 payment promised to Person. The messages sent from Person's phone number are on the left:

Person's career

Person, a former Auburn All-American, returned to Auburn in April 2014 as an assistant coach; he was promoted to associate head coach in 2015.

He had been the program's top scorer.

Person was a two-time All-American from 1983-86. He led Auburn to the Elite Eight in the 1986 NCAA tournament. Person played with the Pacers from 1986-92 and joined the team's coaching staff as an assistant from 2005-07.

Person was an assistant coach with five NBA teams from 2000-13 and had coached in South Korea.

He interviewed for Auburn's head coaching job in 2010, when Tony Barbee was hired.

In 2014, Tigers coach Bruce Pearl said Person's hiring made it a "special day for Auburn basketball."

As a rookie, Person led the Pacers in scoring, tied for the team lead in rebounding, was second in assists and helped return the Pacers to the postseason after a five-year absence. His averages: 18.8 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 3.6 apg. He was known as "the Rifleman" for his 3-point prowess.

A two-time Rookie of the Month honoree, Person led all NBA rookies in rebounding, was second in scoring (Ron Harper, 22.9) and is the only Pacers player in team history, ABA or NBA, to win Rookie of the Year honors.

Person led the Pacers in scoring in each of his first three seasons before Reggie Miller took the reins.