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  1. August 02, 2022

    Former Sixers Player Cops A Plea In NBA Health Fraud Case

    A former Philadelphia 76ers guard admitted Tuesday to submitting a fake dental claim to the National Basketball Association's benefits plan, becoming the fourth league veteran to plead out of the Manhattan U.S. attorney's $4 million fraud crackdown.

  2. July 25, 2022

    Ex-NBA Player Slams Feds' Theory In Health Plan Fraud Case

    One of 19 former NBA players accused of defrauding the league's health plan has told a Manhattan federal judge he plans to challenge the government's central legal theory, even as others charged in the case begin taking plea deals.

  3. June 27, 2022

    LA Chiropractor Cops To NBA Health Plan Fraud Scheme

    A Los Angeles-based chiropractor has pled guilty to his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud the NBA's health benefits plan, admitting he created fake invoices for players to be reimbursed for services they never received.

  4. June 17, 2022

    Ex-Bulls Player Cops To Conspiracy In NBA Fraud Crackdown

    A former Chicago Bulls forward on Friday became the first NBA veteran in the Manhattan U.S. attorney's health plan fraud crackdown to plead out, telling a federal judge he conspired to falsely bill the league for chiropractic services.

  5. June 09, 2022

    Ex-Celtic, Atty Part Ways After Bail Snafu In Fraud Case

    Retired Boston Celtic Glen "Big Baby" Davis and the attorney representing him in the $4 million NBA health benefits fraud case are parting ways as the former center deals with repeated bail violations that threaten to send him to Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center.

  6. June 07, 2022

    2 More Ex-NBA Players To Cop Pleas In Health Plan Scheme

    Former NBA players Jamario Moon and Anthony Wroten are the second and third defendants to strike plea deals over an alleged $4 million scheme to defraud the league's health benefits plan, according to orders from a New York federal judge overseeing the sprawling case.

  7. May 31, 2022

    Ex-Bulls Player Set For 1st Plea Over NBA Health Plan Fraud

    Former Chicago Bulls player Eddie Robinson is set to plead guilty to federal charges that he participated in a $4 million NBA health plan fraud — which would mark New York prosecutors' first plea in the case against 22 individuals.

  8. May 24, 2022

    Ex-Celtic Davis Has 'Fouled Out,' Judge Says In Bail Review

    A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday scolded retired Boston Celtics center Glen "Big Baby" Davis for repeatedly violating his bail conditions in the $4 million NBA health plan fraud case, threatening him with pretrial detention if he commits another "foul."

  9. May 19, 2022

    Ex-Celtic Davis Faces Bail Review In NBA Health Fraud Case

    A Manhattan federal judge said Thursday she will review a bail package for retired Boston Celtics center Glen "Big Baby" Davis after he allegedly violated his conditions of release yet again in the NBA health plan fraud case.

  10. May 09, 2022

    Alleged NBA Fraud Ringleader Jailed After Bail Violation

    A retired Boston Celtics player accused of masterminding a scheme to pilfer $4 million from the National Basketball Association's health plan was sent to Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center Friday after purportedly running afoul of bail conditions.