USA v. WILLIAMS
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1:21-cr-00603
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November 13, 2023
Fake NBA Invoices Part Of 'Plain-Vanilla Fraud,' Jury Told
Prosecutors told a Manhattan federal jury on Monday that two former NBA players participated in "plain-vanilla fraud" by submitting fake invoices to the league's health care plan at the instruction of a fellow ex-basketball pro while trying to cover their tracks with lies.
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November 09, 2023
Ex-NBA Guard Denies Knowing Health Invoices Were Fake
A former Detroit Pistons point guard denied submitting invoices he knew were false Thursday while on the stand at his health care fraud trial, telling a Manhattan federal jury he didn't recall whether it was he who even filled out the forms.
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November 08, 2023
Ex-NBA Guard Takes Stand In Health Care Fraud Defense
A former Detroit Pistons point guard took the stand in his own defense on health care fraud charges Wednesday, telling a Manhattan federal jury that another former NBA player falsely claimed to be working for the players' union and persuaded him to submit false invoices to the league's benefits plan.
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November 06, 2023
Ex-Pistons Player Got $180K Cut Of Health Fraud, Jury Hears
A Manhattan federal jury on Monday heard phone recordings in which a former Detroit Pistons point guard talked with the NBA's health care administrator about receiving a $180,000 payment that prosecutors claim was obtained using falsified invoices.
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November 02, 2023
Ex-Celtic Was In On Health Care Fraud, Gov't Witness Says
A former NBA player testifying for the government told a Manhattan federal jury that ex-Boston Celtic Glen "Big Baby" Davis was part of a group of retired basketball pros with whom he conspired to submit fraudulent invoices to the league's health care plan.
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November 01, 2023
NBA Health Fraud Trial 'About Greed And Lies,' Jury Told
Prosecutors told a Manhattan federal jury at the start of trial Wednesday that two former NBA journeymen conspired with a fellow former basketball pro to deliberately and maliciously bilk money from the league's health care plan, seeking to parry their defense that they never had fraudulent intent.
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October 27, 2023
Intent A 'Live Issue' As NBA Fraud Trial Set For Tipoff
The two lone holdouts in a once-sprawling case alleging that former NBA players used fraudulent invoices to defraud the league's health care plan will argue they didn't intend to break the law, a classic white collar defense their attorneys can use to chip away at the extensive paper trail at prosecutors' disposal.
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October 23, 2023
Ex-NBA Player Can't Stall Feds' Health Care Fraud Trial
A New York federal judge refused Monday to push back a trial in the federal government's lawsuit accusing a former National Basketball Association player of scheming to defraud the league's health care plan, despite the government's last-minute evidence disclosures.
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October 17, 2023
Ex-NBA Players Can't Argue Coercion In Fraud Case, Feds Say
The final two ex-NBA players set to go to trial next month on charges they schemed to defraud the league's health care plan shouldn't be allowed to argue that they were coerced into the scheme by co-conspirators, prosecutors said.
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October 13, 2023
Feds Want Prison For Dentist In NBA Health Care Fraud
Prosecutors asked a Manhattan federal judge to sentence a dentist to at least 33 months in prison for providing fake invoices to a group of ex-NBA players to be submitted to the league's health care plan, saying the crime was motivated by "sheer greed."