Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has been added to a lawsuit that contends the defendants committed fraud by using a sustainability company to pay star Kawhi Leonard off the official NBA books.

The initial suit was filed in July, with the tech billionaire Ballmer added on Monday, Front Office Sports reported.

Eleven former investors of the company, then called Aspiration Partners, contend Ballmer used the business to bypass the league salary cap by channeling millions earmarked for Leonard through Aspiration's bank accounts.

As a result, Ballmer and Aspiration founders committed fraud and aided and abetted in a fraud that negatively impacted the investors, the plaintiffs contend.

It was reported in September that Ballmer allegedly worked with company co-founder Joseph Sanberg t

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