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  1. April 03, 2024

    Ex-NBA Guard's Health Fraud Perjury Merits Prison, Feds Say

    Manhattan federal prosecutors said a former Detroit Pistons point guard who was convicted on one of two counts over an alleged scheme to defraud the NBA's healthcare plan should be sentenced to 27 to 33 months in prison, claiming he lied during his testimony.

  2. March 28, 2024

    Doctor Allowed To Withdraw NBA Fraud Plea, Gets June Trial

    A Manhattan federal judge will allow a Seattle-area doctor to pull back his guilty plea and go to trial in June, against prosecutors' objections, in a case alleging he assisted a cohort of retired NBA players to create fake invoices to submit to the league's healthcare plan.

  3. March 19, 2024

    NBA Fraudster Dodges Prison After Cooperation, Testimony

    A former NBA shooting guard avoided prison Tuesday for participating in a $5 million retiree healthcare fraud scheme after Manhattan federal prosecutors lauded his assistance and testimony at a trial this past fall.

  4. March 18, 2024

    Doctor Can't Yank NBA Fraud Plea, Feds Insist

    Prosecutors have told a Manhattan federal judge that a doctor accused of assisting a group of NBA players in creating false documents to defraud the league's healthcare plan shouldn't be allowed to yank his guilty plea, arguing evidence shows his guilt and that too much time has passed.

  5. February 08, 2024

    Doctor In NBA Fraud Case Can Ditch Atty Over Plea Squabble

    A Seattle physician accused of taking part in a healthcare fraud scheme orchestrated by former NBA players may drop his court-appointed attorney and represent himself in the New York criminal trial, a federal judge in Manhattan ordered, approving the move after the doctor claimed the lawyer refused to withdraw his guilty plea.

  6. January 31, 2024

    Doctor In NBA Fraud Case Moves To Ditch Atty, Yank Plea

    A Seattle-based physician accused of generating false invoices for a group of NBA players to submit to the league's healthcare plan has asked a Manhattan federal judge to let him drop his attorney, citing a difference of opinion over his trying to back out of his plea agreement.

  7. January 26, 2024

    Former Hoops Star Avoids Prison For Healthcare Plan Fraud

    Former high school basketball star and NBA journeyman guard Sebastian Telfair was spared prison time by a Manhattan federal judge Friday for his role in a scheme to submit fraudulent invoices to bilk money from the league's healthcare plan.

  8. January 19, 2024

    Off The Bench: Dolan Sued, Bally-Amazon Deal, NIL Hearing

    In this week's Off The Bench, a massage therapist sues the New York Knicks' owner and disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein for sexual assault, Amazon inks a streaming deal with Bally Sports' bankrupt parent, and lawmakers debate a sweeping overhaul of college athlete payment rules.

  9. January 17, 2024

    Ex-NBA Player's Bid For Health Fraud Trial Do-Over Rejected

    A New York federal judge denied a former NBA player's motion for acquittal or a new trial in the federal government's health fraud conspiracy case alleging players submitted fake invoices to the league's health plan with the help of medical professionals involved with the scheme.

  10. January 12, 2024

    Feds Seek Prison Time For Ex-NBA Player In Health Fraud Suit

    Federal prosecutors asked a New York federal judge Friday to sentence a former NBA player to more than a year in prison for admitting he helped defraud a league healthcare plan out of $358,000, arguing that the crime is "indisputably serious" and he risked harming plan participants.