February 10, 2023
Former NBA player Alan Anderson on Friday was sentenced to two years in prison over his role in a wide-ranging scheme among retired players to submit $5 million worth of fake medical and dental claims to the league's supplemental heath care plan.
February 07, 2023
A once-prominent Los Angeles-based chiropractor who catered to high-end athletes was sentenced Tuesday to two and a half years in prison, following his admission to churning out $1.3 million worth of fake invoices for retired NBA players that were used to defraud the league's health care plan.
February 06, 2023
Prosecutors asked a Manhattan federal judge to sentence two former NBA players caught up in a scheme to defraud the league's health care plan to prison time, saying they were "among the more culpable" of the two dozen defendants in the case.
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.