USA v. WILLIAMS
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1:21-cr-00603
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- A&O Shearman
- Barnes & Thornburg
- Bird Marella
- Garland Samuel & Loeb
- Hamilton Clarke LLP
- Harfenist Kraut
- Henderson Parks LLC
- Jeffer Mangels
- Katten Muchin
- Kudman Trachten
- Lankler Siffert & Wohl
- Milbank LLP
- Morvillo Abramowitz
- Myers & Galiardo
- Proskauer Rose
- Rothman, Schneider, Soloway & Stern LLP
- Sapone & Petrillo
- Sher Tremonte
- Spodek Law Group
- Whalen Law Office
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December 20, 2023
LA Dentist Gets 3 Years For Aiding NBA Health Fraud
A Los Angeles dentist was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to generating fake medical invoices for a group of former NBA players to be submitted to the league's healthcare plan.
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November 20, 2023
Ex-Clipper Darius Miles Avoids Jail In NBA Health Scam Case
A Manhattan federal judge on Monday allowed former Los Angeles Clippers forward Darius Miles to avoid prison for his relatively minor role in a sprawling conspiracy that sought to siphon $5 million out of the NBA's health benefit program.
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November 15, 2023
Ex-NBA Players Guilty On Most Counts In Health Fraud Case
A Manhattan federal jury on Wednesday found a former Boston Celtics player guilty of taking part in a scheme to defraud the NBA's health care plan using fake invoices, while convicting a second ex-basketball pro of one out of two charges.
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November 14, 2023
NBA Health Fraud Case Goes To Jury As Ex-Pros Deny Intent
A Manhattan federal jury on Tuesday began deliberating on charges that two former NBA players took part in a scheme to defraud the league's health care plan, after their attorneys hammered home their argument that the defendants lacked the intent to knowingly submit what the government says were fake invoices.
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November 13, 2023
Fake NBA Invoices Part Of 'Plain-Vanilla Fraud,' Jury Told
Prosecutors told a Manhattan federal jury on Monday that two former NBA players participated in "plain-vanilla fraud" by submitting fake invoices to the league's health care plan at the instruction of a fellow ex-basketball pro while trying to cover their tracks with lies.
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November 09, 2023
Ex-NBA Guard Denies Knowing Health Invoices Were Fake
A former Detroit Pistons point guard denied submitting invoices he knew were false Thursday while on the stand at his health care fraud trial, telling a Manhattan federal jury he didn't recall whether it was he who even filled out the forms.
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November 08, 2023
Ex-NBA Guard Takes Stand In Health Care Fraud Defense
A former Detroit Pistons point guard took the stand in his own defense on health care fraud charges Wednesday, telling a Manhattan federal jury that another former NBA player falsely claimed to be working for the players' union and persuaded him to submit false invoices to the league's benefits plan.
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November 06, 2023
Ex-Pistons Player Got $180K Cut Of Health Fraud, Jury Hears
A Manhattan federal jury on Monday heard phone recordings in which a former Detroit Pistons point guard talked with the NBA's health care administrator about receiving a $180,000 payment that prosecutors claim was obtained using falsified invoices.
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November 02, 2023
Ex-Celtic Was In On Health Care Fraud, Gov't Witness Says
A former NBA player testifying for the government told a Manhattan federal jury that ex-Boston Celtic Glen "Big Baby" Davis was part of a group of retired basketball pros with whom he conspired to submit fraudulent invoices to the league's health care plan.
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November 01, 2023
NBA Health Fraud Trial 'About Greed And Lies,' Jury Told
Prosecutors told a Manhattan federal jury at the start of trial Wednesday that two former NBA journeymen conspired with a fellow former basketball pro to deliberately and maliciously bilk money from the league's health care plan, seeking to parry their defense that they never had fraudulent intent.