3 ex-Suns among former NBA players charged in scheme to defraud league health care plan

Nineteen people, including three former Phoenix Suns players, were indicted on health care fraud charges in New York on Thursday after they were charged with conspiring to defraud the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan of nearly $4 million. Sebastian Telfair, Shannon Brown and Milt Palacio were among the 18 ex-NBA players arrested, as well as former University of Arizona player Will Bynum. Palacio played for the Suns for part of the 2001-02 season, while Telfair and Brown competed together…