Former NBA, NFL players indicted for tax fraud

[Sports News]

A former National Basketball Association (NBA) player has been arrested and charged with fraud in a conspiracy with an National Football League (NFL) Hall of Famer, U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday. A grand jury indictment alleges retired basketball player Kermit Washington, 64, defrauded donors, eBay, PayPal and the Internal Revenue Service for nearly three years by persuading people, including former professional athletes, to make donations to Project Contact Africa, a charity he had founded.

Continue reading...