treatments and needed to be reimbursed directly because it was out of pocket. all told $2.5 million were paid out by the nba. they did ask for some of the money back over the course of the scheme which began in 2017 and went to 2019 according to the indictment. they were able to claw back some of the money from some of the players but some of the players ignored requests from the nba to pay them back for those sham invoices. 16 of the 18 former players are currently in federal custody. arrests coast-to-coast. sebastian tellfair who was more of a high school standout than an nba standout, he ll be in court later this afternoon. glenn big baby davis won a championship with the boston celtics, earned $30 million over the course of his career, so tough to see why some of these players at least would need this amount of money. but it was a scheme that went on, and today they face federal charges by the u.s. attorney s office for the southern district of new york. wow. and we mentioned a