Two Extra Former NBA Gamers Convicted of Defrauding Gamers’ Well being Plan

Former Boston Celtics ahead Glen “Massive Child” Davis and ex- Piston Will Bynum had been convicted by a New York jury on Wednesday in a scheme that prosecutors say defrauded an insurance coverage plan for NBA gamers and their households of greater than $5 million.

Greater than 20 folks have been convicted within the case, a lot of them onetime NBA gamers who submitted fictitious dental and medical claims to the NBA Gamers` Well being and Profit Welfare Plan. Terrence Williams, a 2009 first-round draft decide of the New Jersey Nets, was sentenced in August to a decade in jail as a ringleader of the scheme.

“Right this moment’s conviction exemplifies that regardless of notoriety or success in sports activities or every other subject, nobody is exempt from felony expenses in the event that they have interaction in fraud,” U.S. Lawyer Damian Williams stated in a press release.

Prosecutors stated docs and dentists working with the gamers created fraudulent invoices that had been submitted to the supplemental insurance coverage plan for reimbursement.

Davis, 37, was the Southeastern Convention participant of the 12 months whereas main Louisiana State to the 2006 NCAA championship recreation. He was a member of the Celtics’ 2008 NBA championship staff throughout an eight-year professional profession for Boston, Orlando and the Los Angeles Clippers.

Bynum, 40, performed components of 4 seasons within the NBA with the Nets, Rockets, Kings and Celtics, averaging 7.1 factors and a pair of.4 assists in 153 video games.

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