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.
October 14, 2022
Manhattan federal prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence for a former NBA journeyman and University of Memphis star accused of participating in a sweeping scheme to defraud the league's health care plan.
October 12, 2022
A New York federal judge sentenced former Chicago Bulls forward Eddie Robinson to time served Wednesday for submitting fake claims to the NBA's health plan, setting the stage for further lenient judgments in the $5 million fraud crackdown.
September 29, 2022
Former NBA player Eddie Robinson, the first defendant to plead guilty in a scheme to defraud the NBA's health care plan, appears likely to avoid prison time, according to sentencing recommendations from both sides submitted to a Manhattan federal court judge.
September 26, 2022
Attorneys for three former NBA players charged in a sweeping set of indictments alleging they submitted false invoices to defraud the league's health plan claim federal prosecutors in New York misunderstood the plan's structure and misled the grand jury.