Former Louisville star Terrence Williams and 17 other former NBA players have been charged in New York federal court in an alleged multi-million-dollar health insurance fraud scheme.
According to an indictment that was unsealed this morning, the group was allegedly attempting to rip off the NBA’s benefit plan.
Williams was identified in the alleged scheme as the “ringleader.” Other names mentioned include Tony Allen, Shannon Brown and Ronald Glen “Big Baby” Davis.
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More than a dozen former NBA players have been charged in New York federal court in an alleged multi-million-dollar health insurance fraud scheme to rip off the league’s benefit plan, according to an indictment unsealed in the Southern District on Thursday.
The 18 former players named in the indictment include alleged scheme ringleader Terrence Williams, selected 11th overall in the 2009 NBA draft by the then-New Jersey Nets, six-time NBA All-Defensive Team member Tony Allen, former Lakers Guard Shannon Brown and Ronald Glen Davis, who played for the Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Clippers over the course of his career.
Allen’s wife, Desiree Allen, is the only woman charged in the indictment.
According to the grand jury indictment, the defendants allegedly engaged in a widespread scheme from at least 2017 up to around 2020 to defraud the NBA Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan by submitting fake reimbursement claims for medical and dental services that were never actually rendered.
