ATLANTA — A former finance executive for the Atlanta Hawks has been accused of stealing millions of dollars from the NBA team and using the money to pay for travel, luxury apparel, jewelry, car expenses and tickets to concerts and sporting events, federal prosecutors said in a court filing.

In the filing last week, prosecutors charged Lester T. Jones Jr. with a single count of wire fraud, saying he arranged for the Hawks to pay American Express nearly $230,000 for "fraudulently incurred personal expenses." He is accused of altering an email to make it look like the reimbursement request was for expenses incurred at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas during the NBA Emirates Cup, the filing says.

Jones also submitted dozens of other fraudulent expense reimbursement requests, including fake and al

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