former nets player sebastian telfair leaving court wearing an ankle monitor after pleading not guilty, but the u.s. attorney says it was terrence williams who was the mastermind receiving nearly $250,000 in kickbacks from the other players involved. >> first williams obtained fraudulent medical and dental invoices. second, he sent those invoices to his co-conspirators, other former nba players. third, the co-conspirators submitted the fraudulent claims to the plan. >> other than sebastian telfair, no other men have entered a plea or commented. the nba mean while calls the allegations disheartening. >>> the operator of the german cargo ship says the vessel is no longer being investigated in connection with the southern california oil spill. authorities boarded the "rotterdam express" looking into whether its anchor may have damaged a pipeline causing that spill, but the ship never actually passed over that pipeline. prosecutors in orange county now opened a criminal investigation into the company that runs the pipeline. >>> a scathing report from the u.s. senate found former president

andrew: other than sebastian telfair, no other men have entered a plea or commented. the nba calls the allegations disheartening. andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. reggie: there was a game a.c.l. seahawks fan will not soon -- there was a game a seattle seahawks fan will not soon forget. take a look at this "fowl" behavior. the team mascot landed on a fan's head. he is supposed to fly out of the tunnel and land directly on his handler's hand, but i guess he liked this man's head. i wonder if that hurt. fortunately, neither the fan or the hawk were hurt. this is not the hawk's first offense. he released an apology on twitter, saying this type of behavior is not consistent with the type of bird. [laughter] kumasi: that one lady's face has a little muffin or whatever it is. [laughter] look at that. mike: he was kind of clawing at his head, trying to get traction. kumasi: i think i would have been delighted, too. mike: if he landed on my shoulder. reggie: on your head? kumasi: no, to look. so close to nature. look at this. [laughter] mike: never work with pets, right? re

paid out about $2.5 million some of the bigger names in the case, glen "big baby" davis and sebastian telfair and darius miles. he was the third overall pick in the 2000 draft they're all caught up in this. the reason they got caught, they were sloppy. very sloppy. greg smith, who played for the rockets, submitted a claim for $48,000 for ivs, root canals and crowns all in beverly hills. the problem was he wasn't even in california the day of the procedure. he was in taiwan playing ball. the feds say they have the travel records, the emails and publicly available box scores to prove it and there's more cnbc's valerie castro has it this list of stuff they did is -- i mean it's innocent until proven guilty, but wow. >> it seems endless, shep, and there was an alleged ringleader who was named at the top of the indictment terrence williams, who played on multiple teams including the new jersey nets, is accused of directing other former players in this fraud and he allegedly benefited from their payouts the grand jury indictment alleges he recruited other participants to defraud the plan by offerin

his co-conspirators include former nba champion glen davis and former high school sensation sebastian telfairt to comment on this matter. >>> a strong earthquake rocked tokyo today. a 5.9 quake was centered just east of the city. this is security camera video from inside a tv station when the earthquake hit. you see people running to duck under the desks as those televisions above them shake. fortunately no major damage was reported and no tsunami warnings were issued. >>> volcanic ash is forcing an airport to close in the canary islands. it's in la palma. that's a spanish island just off the northwest coast of africa. the volcano first erupted last month. now three weeks later it's destroyed about 1,000 buildings. 6,000 people have been evacuated. the airport on the island is closed due to ash from that volcano. >>> a virginia police officer's quick action may have saved his co-worker's life. check out this dash cam video. you can see the officer standing next to the car. the car comes in and crashed into the patrol car. the officer pulls his co-worker to safety just in time. the co-worker h

memphis grizzlies' defensive star, tony allen, and sebastian telfair, who was drafted 13th overall back in 2004. an indictment alleges that day took in around $2.5 million of nearly 4 million bucks in fake claims. >> one former player, terence williams, was the scheme's linchpin. he provided the other former players with false invoices for medical and dental procedures that they never received. >> terence williams was the 11th overall pick in the 2009 draft. the former athletes were charged with conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud. >>> and the death toll from severe flooding in alabama has climbed to four, including a 4-year-old girl. torrential rain lashed the northeast part of the state on wednesday. roads were impassable, trapping people in cars. some even had to be rescued from their homes. forecasters say as much as 13 inches of rain fell and one woman tells us she was caught offguard by the storm. >> it really happened so fast. i didn't even have time to think about it. you just had to react and seek safety. >> reporter: all four of the victims were killed when water s

orchestrated the scheme and enlisted other players including former clippers players glen davis sebastian telfair darrius miles who according to court documents, submitted false and fraudulent claims for reimbursement of expenses for medical and dental services that were not actually rendered this scheme which lasted for about 3 years from 2017 through 2020. inflicts a significant loss to the health care industry, something we take very seriously. >> turns williams we've heard mentioned already this morning. orchestrated the fraud by providing others with false provider. invoices also detailed in the indictment that at least 10 of the former players paid williams kickbacks, a totaled roughly $230,000 each defendant fraudulently sought reimbursement ranging from approximately $65,000 to as much as $420,000. officials say they used evidence. i travel records, emails and gps data that confirm the defendants were never the location where they claimed the services occurred as buildin chiropractic dental and wellness expenses. >> federal prosecutors say gregory smith, for example, submitted a claim to

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the nba calls the allegations disheartening and other than sebastian telfair none of the others accusedtered a plea yet or even commented on the charges. >> same teeth on same day? >> i wrote same teeth same day. >> wow. >> i've only had two root canals. >>> we turn now -- we saw something last night we've never seen before. we turn to the mlb playoffs. october excitement. last night, a rookie, randy arozarena made history, home run, okay, that's one thing. but then he stole home. this happens so rarely anyway, to steal home. it's an exciting play, but he is the first player ever to hit a home run and steal home in the same playoff game. tampa bay ended up winning 5-0 against boston but this was something to see. congrats to him, a rookie. >> wow. >> that's something. >>> a lot more coming up here on "gma," including why brian laundrie's father is helping authorities in their search for his son. >>> that abc news exclusive with the surfer who survived a great white bite. how he managed to escape the shark. it's only on "gma" but first head to rob. hey, rob. >>> good friday morning. our

sebastian telfair you did see the indictment says fraudulent invoices came from a chiropractic officest offices in beverly hills and a wellness office in washington state. there is williams. the 18 suspects have been charged with conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud. >> cue the top gun soundtrack. see what it's like inside the co >> maybe you heard them today. we certainly didn't a roaring overhead practicing the blue angels today. the other considered the best of the best writing they would do it for 75 years. the world famous navy blue angels have been really wowing crowds with some of their high-flying demonstrations and mid air maneuvers yeah. i was on the bay bridge. some church coming by. >> but now more than likely you you for the practice saying, you know, this week as are getting ready for saturday's big air show as part of san francisco fleet week. well, our kron four's jonathan mccall. he got a chance to ride along with them at g 4 speeds. >> i'm really excited, really just ready to get it done. a once in a lifetime opportunity getting a chance to ride shotgun wi

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