18 Ex-NBA players were recently charged with an insurance healthcare fraud scheme, take a look at all the players involved and what they did
During this past week, 18 former NBA players were charged with fraud valuing almost $4 million. The players allegedly took unfair advantage of the NBA’s healthcare scheme to fill up their own pockets. It was reported that these players made false claims of medical and dental procedures to get reimbursement from the league.
NBA Players Fraud Insurance Scheme Explained
NBA had a player’s heath and welfare plan in place that allows the players to get reimbursed on their medical expenses. These players were able to defraud the league and take advantage of it. The prosecutors have informed that they have travel records and GPS data that proves the players were from from the medical offices they claimed to be getting treated at.
In one specific scenario, a player was playing basketball in Taiwan when he claimed to be getting dental procedures of $48,000 at a Beverly Hills dental office back in December 2018. As it is reported that these players made false claims of a total $3.9 million and were able to get $2.5 million as reimbursement.
It is reported that each of these players made total claims ranging from $65,000 to $420,000. It is sad to see that the players took advantage of a scheme that was put in place to help the players was taken advantage of. Even when these players earned in millions per year, they decided to make fraudulent claims to get a cash grab.
Who Were The NBA Players Involved In The Fraud?
A total of eighteen former NBA players were charged with defrauding the NBA, and were arrested by the FBI officers across the U.S. The players were:
- Terence Williams
- Alan Anderson
- Anthony Allen
- Shannon Brown
- William Bynum
- Ronald Glen Davis
- Christopher Douglas Roberts
- Melvin Ely
- Jamario Moon
- Darius Miles
- Milton Palacio
- Ruben Patterson
- Eddie Robinson
- Gregory Smith
- Sebastian Telfair
- Charles Watson
- Antoine Wright
- Anthony Wroten
These players have been put in custody and further investigation is being led by the police and FBI. Apart from this the wife of Anthony Allen has also been arrested with her husband for the same. As per the reports, Terrence Williams the former Celtics player was the mastermind behind this.