NBA star Richard Jefferson helped the FBI find $ 2million dollars after he claimed that his manager stole it from him . The Dallas Mavericks player accused Ted Kritza , his former business manager , of taking the $ 2million from his bank credit line without his permission . Jefferson reportedly helped in an FBI investigation by recording a phone call he had with Kritza in which he confessed to taking the money . Dallas Mavericks player Richard Jefferson helped the FBI in an investigation over $ 2million dollars that was taken from his bank credit link without out his permission . Jefferson , 34 , had reported the crime before the investigation began , according to documents obtained by TMZ sports . During a recorded phone call with the basketball player , Kritza 'confesses to wrongdoing ' , according to the documents . Jefferson believed his former business manager Ted Kritza took the money . In a recorded phone call Kritza confessed to Jefferson . The recording is now in the hands of the FBI . A bank has apparently sued Jefferson for part of the $ 2million , according to TMZ . Jefferson , however , wants the court to put a hold on the case until the federal investigation into Kritza is finished . Jefferson started his NBA career in 2001 with the New Jersey Nets , where he stayed until 2008 . The NBA forward then moved through the Milwaukee Bucks , San Antonio Spurs , Golden State Warriors and Utah Jazz before landing at the Mavericks last year . This comes days after a most recent filing from former L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling 's lawyers claimed that his wife Rochelle and two doctors worked 'secretly ' with NBA commissioner to strip him of his team . 'The NBA and Silver isolated Rochelle from her husband and scared her into undertaking certain conduct hereinafter alleged , including the signing of papers ... that she did not understand , ' the complaint reads . 'All of this conduct constituted elder abuse . ' Silver , who is also named as a defendant in the suit , banned Sterling from the NBA for life last year and hit him with a $ 2.5million fine after tapes were released of Sterling speaking racist slurs .
The Dallas Mavericks player accused Ted Kritza of taking the money . He believes Kritza took it from his bank credit line without his permission . In a recorded phone call with Jefferson , Kritza 'confesses to wrongdoing ' Recording of the conversation is now in the hands of FBI .