Prosecutors accused Terrence Williams, who played for the New Jersey Nets and Houston Rockets clubs, of orchestrating the fraud. They said the athlete received a total of $230,000 in kickbacks. Glen “Big Baby” Davis, who was a member of the Boston Celtics team that won the NBA championship in 2008, and Tony Allen… were also charged in the alleged scheme. from 2017 to last year.

Sebastian Telfair, a famous American athlete, was arrested in a health insurance fraud case in the NBA

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According to the indictment, the defendants defrauded the NBA’s athlete health and benefit plans by submitting false claims for medical and dental services that were not performed. Prosecutors for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) say Williams recruited other athletes into the scheme by offering to provide them with fake bills to fraudulently obtain health records.

Prosecutor Audrey Strauss told reporters that Williams “was key to the scheme”, adding that he tried to intimidate an athlete into not returning his money by posing as an employee from insurance program to inquire about.

Terrence Williams is believed to have orchestrated the fraud

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The indictment alleges that the defendants submitted false claims totaling $3.9 million and that NBA players received approximately $2.5 million in fraudulent payments.

Strauss said that in some cases, co-conspirators made false requests for root canal treatment for the same tooth on the same day. The athletes were all charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud. Williams was also charged with identity theft.

American basketball was shaken when a series of NBA players were arrested

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Other NBA players charged include former Los Angeles Lakers guard Shannon Brown, Sebastian Telfair, who played for several NBA teams, and former Los Angeles Clippers star Darius Miles… 15 of 19 The defendant was arrested on October 7 across the United States with Allen, Christopher Douglas-Roberts, Gregory Smith and Eddie Robinson…, according to SDNY.