USA v. WILLIAMS
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1:21-cr-00603
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- A&O Shearman
- Barnes & Thornburg
- Bird Marella
- Garland Samuel & Loeb
- Hamilton Clarke LLP
- Harfenist Kraut
- Henderson Parks LLC
- Jeffer Mangels
- Katten Muchin
- Kudman Trachten
- Lankler Siffert & Wohl
- Milbank LLP
- Morvillo Abramowitz
- Myers & Galiardo
- Proskauer Rose
- Rothman, Schneider, Soloway & Stern LLP
- Sapone & Petrillo
- Sher Tremonte
- Spodek Law Group
- Whalen Law Office
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February 17, 2023
Ex-NBA Player Gets Prison For Fraud While 2nd Gets Warning
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday sentenced NBA veteran Keyon Dooling to two and a half years in prison for helping orchestrate pro basketball's $5 million benefits scam and then sharply warned another charged former player, Sebastian Telfair, not to violate his bail.
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February 10, 2023
Latest Ex-NBA Player In Heath Fraud Scheme Gets 2 Years
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.
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February 07, 2023
LA Chiropractor Gets 2½ Years For NBA Health Plan Fraud
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.
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February 06, 2023
Feds Want 2 Ex-NBA Players Imprisoned In Health Fraud Scam
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.
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January 30, 2023
Ex-Celtics Guard Avoids Prison In Health Plan Fraud Case
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.
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January 17, 2023
Ex-NBA Guard's Health Plan 'Deceit' Merits Prison, Feds Say
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.
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January 13, 2023
Jailed Ex-NBA Player Disavows Tie To Antigovernment Group
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.
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January 04, 2023
Jailed NBA Journeyman Awaits Transfer From Nev. To NY
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.
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December 13, 2022
Ex-NBA Players Can't Ditch Health Plan Fraud Charges
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.
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December 06, 2022
Former Grizzlies Guard Avoids Jail In NBA Health Plan Case
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.