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More than a dozen former NBA players have been charged in Manhattan federal court in an alleged health insurance fraud scheme to rip off the NBA-related health...

The players involved in the scam, and some of their relatives, submitted around $3.9 million in fraudulent claims and received $2.5 million in fraudulent payments.

NEW YORK (AP) — Eighteen former NBA players were charged Thursday with pocketing about $2.5 million illegally by defrauding the league’s health and welfare benefit plan in a scam that authorities said involved claiming fictitious medical and dental expenses.

Federal authorities say 18 former NBA players have been charged with defrauding the league's health and welfare benefit plan out of about $4 million.

More than a dozen former NBA players have been charged in Manhattan federal court in an alleged health insurance fraud scheme to rip off the NBA-related health...

Eighteen former NBA players have been charged with defrauding the league’s health and welfare benefit plan out of about $4 million, according to an indictment Thursday in New York.

Federal authorities say 18 former NBA players have been charged with defrauding the league's health and welfare benefit plan out of about $4 million.

More than a dozen former NBA players have been charged in Manhattan federal court in an alleged health insurance fraud scheme to rip off the NBA-related health...

Federal authorities say 18 former NBA players have been charged with defrauding the league's health and welfare benefit plan out of about $4 million.

More than a dozen former NBA players have been charged in Manhattan federal court in an alleged health insurance fraud scheme to rip off the NBA-related health...