Former NBA player and ringleader of association’s health plan’s scheme, Williams, pleads guilty in fraud case
Terrence Williams, a former NBA player, entered a guilty plea on Friday to charges of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and health care fraud. Williams, an NBA player for four seasons, led a group of 18 players in a plot to swindle the league’s health insurance programme out of more than $5 million.
The indictment claims that the players filed phoney invoices for reimbursement to the NBA health benefit plan.
Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in a statement, said “Williams led a scheme involving more than 18 former NBA players, a dentist, a doctor, and a chiropractor, to defraud the NBA Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan of millions of dollars. Williams also impersonated others to help him take what was not his — money that belonged to the Plan.”
Williams reportedly set up a second email address in an effort to intimidate a physician who had generated false bills for the former star. In order for the doctor to pay Williams, that account contacted the NBA. According to the authorities, Williams received around $346,000 from the NBA.
Williams has agreed to make a $2.5 million reparation payment as well as a punishment that exceeds $650,000. Williams will be sentenced in January of next year. He might spend up to 20 years behind bars.
Former NBA player and ringleader of association’s health plan’s scheme, Williams, pleads guilty in fraud case
Terrence Williams, a former NBA player, entered a guilty plea on Friday to charges of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and health care fraud. Williams, an NBA player for four seasons, led a group of 18 players in a plot to swindle the league’s health insurance programme out of more than $5 million.
The indictment claims that the players filed phoney invoices for reimbursement to the NBA health benefit plan.
Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in a statement, said “Williams led a scheme involving more than 18 former NBA players, a dentist, a doctor, and a chiropractor, to defraud the NBA Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan of millions of dollars. Williams also impersonated others to help him take what was not his — money that belonged to the Plan.”
Williams reportedly set up a second email address in an effort to intimidate a physician who had generated false bills for the former star. In order for the doctor to pay Williams, that account contacted the NBA. According to the authorities, Williams received around $346,000 from the NBA.
Williams has agreed to make a $2.5 million reparation payment as well as a punishment that exceeds $650,000. Williams will be sentenced in January of next year. He might spend up to 20 years behind bars.
