January 30, 2023
A former NBA journeyman guard received a time-served sentence Monday after he pled guilty in federal court in Manhattan to participating in a scheme to submit false invoices to the league's health care plan for medical work that was never performed.
January 17, 2023
Prosecutors told a Manhattan federal judge that a former NBA guard who participated in a widespread scheme to defraud the league's health care plan through fake medical invoices should be sentenced to prison time.
January 13, 2023
Former NBA player Alan Anderson on Friday renounced ties to a group whose adherents deny being subject to federal law, as he awaits sentencing from jail for filing a false $121,000 invoice in the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's crackdown on health benefits fraud.
January 04, 2023
An ex-NBA player ensnared in a scheme to defraud the league's health care plan, who claims to be a sovereign citizen, is awaiting transfer to face charges in the Empire State after being arrested in Nevada on a warrant issued by the Southern District of New York.
December 13, 2022
A New York federal judge rejected a dismissal bid by a group of largely ex-National Basketball Association players accused of defrauding the league's health benefits plan, finding their argument that they didn't steal funds they considered their own property "wholly" unsupported by law.
December 06, 2022
A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday allowed former Memphis Grizzlies guard Anthony Wroten to avoid prison for filing a bogus $100,000 claim with the NBA Players' Health and Welfare Benefit Plan but directed the 29-year-old to take a financial literacy class.
December 02, 2022
A former NBA player who had pled guilty in the health care plan fraud case has claimed sovereign citizenship that prevents U.S. federal courts from prosecuting him — a claim that was challenged by the district court judge, who threatened to revoke bail and jail him if he did not appear in court as scheduled.
November 21, 2022
Federal prosecutors have asked for 10 to 16 months of jail time for one of the former NBA players involved in a scheme to defraud the league's health care plan, a day after the player's lawyer asked for no jail time.
November 02, 2022
A New York federal judge sentenced a former National Basketball Association player to time served Wednesday after he pled guilty to fraud in a $4 million scheme to steal from the league's health benefits plan, a case that roped more than a dozen former players into legal hot water.
October 24, 2022
Manhattan federal prosecutors argued Friday that a group of former NBA players should have to face trial for allegedly defrauding the league's health care plan, saying factual disputes in the sprawling case should go to a jury.