USA v. WILLIAMS

  1. August 31, 2022

    NBA Health Fraud Prosecutors Add Charges As Pleas Mount

    Manhattan federal prosecutors brought additional conspiracy charges against remaining defendants in the $5 million NBA health plan fraud case on Wednesday, less than a week after the scheme's alleged ringleader copped a guilty plea.

  2. August 26, 2022

    Ex-Nets Player Pleads Out In NBA Health Care Fraud Dragnet

    Former NBA player Terrence Williams on Friday admitted his role in a $4 million scheme with other former pro basketball players to defraud the league's health care benefits plan by submitting claims for non-existent medical and dental treatments.

  3. August 12, 2022

    Head Suspect In NBA Health Fraud Scheme To Cop Plea

    A former NBA player charged with masterminding a nearly $4 million health care fraud scheme is planning to enter a guilty plea later this month, according to a Thursday filing in Manhattan federal court.

  4. August 09, 2022

    NBA Journeyman Latest To Take Plea In Health Fraud Case

    A former NBA player ensnared in a scheme to defraud the league's health care plan is expected to enter a guilty plea, becoming the fifth ex-player of 19 indicted to strike a deal with Manhattan prosecutors.

  5. August 08, 2022

    Ex-NBA Player 'Wrong' On Health Fraud Defense, Feds Say

    Manhattan federal prosecutors said a former NBA player is "wrong" in his claim that money he and others obtained through an alleged $4 million health care fraud scheme already belonged to them.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.