Eighteen former players of the NBA have been arrested on charges of swindling money in what is now know as the NBA fraud scheme scam
A massive scam has come to the fore, one involving former NBA players with them accused of defrauding the system of $2.5 million.
What Is The NBA Players Fraud Scheme
The 18 names listed in the scam were all picked up and arrested by the police on charges of scamming the NBA’s health and welfare benefit plan. The authorities have gone onto dwell into the details of the scam, ones which divulge how the accused players used to claim factitious medical and dental expenses from the league.
Players charged include:
– Milt Palacio
– Sebastian Telfair
– Antoine Wright
– Darius Miles
– Ruben Patterson
– Eddie Robinson
– Gregory Smith
– Glen Davis
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US Attorney Audrey Strauss went onto talk about how the defendants playbook involved fraud and deception. In a widespread manhunt, FBI agents ended up arresting 15 ex-players and the wife of one of the player in detentions that spanned the country.
The scam which began in 2017 saw the previous players submit fraudulent claims to get reimbursed under the supplemental coverage plan. Medical and dental procedures which had never taken place were fabricated with prosecutors having travel records, emails and GPS data which proved that the players were never present at the hospitals and clinics they claimed to be getting treated at.
Terrence Williams Emerges As Bagpiper Of The NBA Players Fraud Scheme
Terrence Williams, the 11th overall pick in the 2009 draft is said to be the ringleader of the entire scam.
“Williams allegedly orchestrated the years-long scheme and recruited other NBA health plan participants to assist by offering them fake invoices to support their allegedly false health plan claims. He is accused of receiving kickback payments totaling at least $23,000 in return for providing the alleged false documentation.
“Williams also allegedly impersonated an individual who processed plan claims at one point in furtherance of his alleged scheme,” a report into the scam went onto detail.
34-year-old Williams is said to have helped three co-defendants, Ronald Glen Davis, Charles Watson Jr. and Antoine Wright in obtaining fake letters of medical necessity to justify the services on which the false invoices were based.
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