More than a dozen former NBA players have been charged in Manhattan federal court in an alleged health insurance fraud scheme to rip off the NBA-related health.
iStock(NEW YORK) Eighteen former NBA players, including Sebastian Telfair, Glen "Big Baby" Davis and Darius Miles, have been charged with defrauding the NBA's health and welfare benefit plan out of approximately $4 million, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The players were charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud as part of what prosecutors called a "widespread scheme to defraud" the NBA health care benefit plan. They allegedly submitted false or fraudulent claims totaling nearly $4 million, from which the ex-players took in about $2.5 million. The records submitted by the ex-players "described medical and dental services that were not in fact provided," the indictment said. The fraudulent invoices were created by a chiropractic office in Encino, California, two dentist offices in Beverly Hills and a wellness office in Washington state. The indictment named none of the offices allegedly involved and they were not charged.
iStock(NEW YORK) Eighteen former NBA players, including Sebastian Telfair, Glen "Big Baby" Davis and Darius Miles, have been charged with defrauding the
Eighteen former NBA players were charged on Thursday for allegedly defrauding the league of millions of dollars after falsely requesting reimbursements for medical services that were not purchased.