Eighteen former NBA players charged with defrauding the NBA's health and welfare benefit plan
IStock(NEW YORK) -- Eighteen former NBA players, including Sebastian Telfair, Glen "Big Baby" Davis and Darius Miles, have been charged with defrauding the NBA's health and welfare benefit plan out of approximately $4 million, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The players were charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud as part of what prosecutors called a "widespread scheme to defraud" the NBA health care benefit plan. They allegedly submitted false or fraudulent claims totaling nearly $4 million, from which the ex-players took in about $2.5 mi...