18 former NBA players charged in $4M health care fraud scheme

NEW YORK -- Eighteen former NBA players were charged Thursday with pocketing about $2.5 million illegally by defrauding the league's health and welfare benefit plan. According to federal prosecutors, the scam involved claiming fictitious medical and dental expenses, ESPN reported.Arrests occurre

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