We now have an idea of what happened with the 18 former NBA players who were arrested on Thursday morning for defrauding the NBA out of millions of dollars.
According to federal prosecutors the 18 former players, led by Terrence Williams, defrauded the NBA’s health and welfare benefit plan out of about $4 million by submitting false dental claims.
Via ESPN
According to the indictment, the former players engaged in a widespread scheme to defraud the plan by submitting false and fraudulent claims to get reimbursed for medical and dental expenses that were never actually incurred.
The 18 players were among 19 individuals charged in the indictment. It said that the scheme was carried out from at least 2017 to 2020, when the plan received false claims totaling about $3.9 million. Of that, the defendants received about $2.5 million in fraudulent proceeds.
Prosecutors went on to provide evidence of players submitting false claims on procedures that purportedly took place on the same day on the same teeth and at the same location.
Glen Davis, Anthony Wroten, and Anthony Allen purportedly had root canals on the same six teeth on April 30 2016, and crowns on the same six teeth on May 11th, 2016. Wroten and Allen each purportedly had root canals on the same thirteen teeth on September 6th, 2018 and crowns on the same twelve teeth on October 2nd, 2016.
One player, Gregory Smith, submitted an alleged false claim for $48k in Beverly Hills on the same week he was out of the country playing a game in Taiwan.
While the players have not been found guilty in court yet, it’s not looking good for them.
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