18 former NBA players have been arrested and charged with defrauding the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan out of $4,000,000, officials say.
Terrence Williams, Alan Anderson, Anthony Allen, Shannon Brown, William Bynum, Ronald Glen"Big Baby" Davis, Christopher Douglas-Roberts, Melvin Ely, Jamario Moon, Darius Miles, Milton Palacio, Ruben Patterson, Eddie Robinson, Gregory Smith, Sebastian Telfair, Charles Watson Jr., Antoine Wright and Anthony Wroten.They each face counts of conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud. By midday Thursday, 16 of the 18 former players had been taken into custody, officials said.
Prosecutors alleged that when one player didn't pay Williams, he called the co-defendant pretending to be a plan administrator and said there was a problem with the claim. In total, the defendants submitted $3.9 million in fake claims, and $2.5 million was paid out, officials alleged.For example, Smith, who, submitted claims for IV sedation, a root canal and crowns that he is alleged to have received during a Dec. 20, 2018, dental procedure in Beverly Hills, California, prosecutors said.
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