Rumeal James Robinson (born November 13, 1966) is a Jamaican-American former professional basketball player and convicted felon.

He played professionally until 2002, then started a criminal career that ended with him being sentenced to prison in 2011 on multiple convictions for bank bribery and wire fraud.

However, his mother made it clear that she didn't want him, and he was reduced to sleeping in apartment halls and Harvard College dorm stairways.

He achieved fame during his junior year for sinking two crucial free throws with 3 seconds left in the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship to win the game for the Wolverines over Seton Hall University.

[5] He also played for the New Jersey Nets, Charlotte Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers.

As part of his bid to attract investors, he persuaded his adoptive mother to take out a second mortgage on her house and lend it to Robinson as seed money.

[1][7][6] Over the next year and a half, Robinson received $1.2 million in loans from Community State Bank, all approved by Williams.

In turn, Rodriguez sold it to Stephen Hodge, the brother of Robinson's girlfriend at the time, for $1 million.

The money was ostensibly intended to help build Harmony Cove, but was wasted on lavish spending and paying other debts.

By this time, Robinson had lost possession of his expensive condo in Aventura, and was living in a squalid, budget motel in North Miami Beach.

[8] On January 7, 2011, federal judge Ronald E. Longstaff sentenced Robinson to 61⁄2 years (78 months) in prison.

[12] In March, 2012, a federal judge ruled that US$369,000 of Robinson's pension fund could be seized to help cover restitution owed due to his sham business deal.