Terrence Williams, the accused ringleader of the NBA health care fraud case has agreed to pay the NBA $2.5 million in restitution.
By Paolo Songco27 thg 8, 2022 at 11:59 GMT+72 min read
This report comes via Jonathan Stempel of Rueters:
Terrence Williams, who played for the New Jersey Nets and three other teams from 2009 to 2013, entered his plea to conspiracy and identity theft charges before U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan. The 35-year-old Seattle resident also agreed to pay $2.5 million in restitution to the NBA plan and forfeit $653,673 to the United States.
According to the case files, Williams, who played for the Boston Celtics, New Jersey Nets, Houston Rockets, and Sacramento Kings, allegedly recruited several NBA players to take part in his scam. This required them to produce falsified invoices for medical and dental work that were never performed. In return, Williams promised them at least $300,000 in payment as well as possible kickbacks from the deal.
Some of the higher profile players that were supposedly involved in the scandal include Tony Allen and Glen Davis of the Celtics. Invoices that supposedly came from Allen and Davis show that both players received crowns on their teeth under highly suspicious circumstances.
