Eighteen former NBA players, including two-ex Michigan State stars, a former Detroit Piston and one Detroit native, have been charged with defrauding the league's health-benefit plan of about $4 million.
Federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York made the announcement of the indictment early Thursday morning, saying 16 of 19 defendants had been arrested by FBI offices in nine states across the country Thursday morning.
Among those charged were Shannon Brown and Alan Anderson, who played at Michigan State; Will Bynum, a former Pistons guard; as well as Chris Douglas-Roberts, who played at Detroit Cass Tech and Detroit Northwestern.