On a September morning 15 months ago, Christian Dawkins finished writing the business plan for his fledgling sports management and marketing company. He called it Loyd Inc., shorthand for Living Out Your Dreams.
The 41/2-page document included proposed payments to associates of 19 college and high school basketball players to persuade them to retain the company as professionals.
“Do you think I can trust emailing this kind of information to Jill?” Dawkins asked Munish Sood, a New Jersey-based financial advisor and company partner, in a phone call intercepted by the FBI.
“Yeah, I mean, she’s in it now, right?