Former NBA player Glen “Big Baby” Davis was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release by a federal judge for defrauding the league’s health insurance to the tune of more than $5 million. dollars for four years.
Davis is the fourth former high-profile player to be sentenced in the case, having been found guilty of a scheme in which at least 20 people helped submit or falsify claims for reimbursement to the state health care plan. NBA.
Mr. Davis submitted claims totaling $132,000, almost all of which were fraudulent, according to investigations using cell phone geolocation data and payment charges. related movement. After retirement, players eligible for health insurance can benefit from reimbursement of health costs.
He was also ordered to pay $80,000 in restitution, take financial management classes and submit to drug testing, which are mandatory conditions of his eventual release. Davis played for the Boston Celtics between 2007 and 2011, winning the title in 2008 against the rival Los Angeles Lakers.
He is not the only one
In November, the former interior was convicted of health care fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to make false statements and conspiracy to commit health care fraud and electronic fraud.
Davis is the fifth NBA player convicted in this case, following Terrence Williams, Keyon Dooling, Alan Anderson and Will Bynum. Williams was the mastermind and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Bynum was sentenced to 18 months for making false statements to the health plan.
Dooling, a former vice president of the National Basketball Players Association, the players’ union, was sentenced to 30 months and Anderson to 24 months in prison for their roles. Dooling was ordered to make restitution of more than $547,000.
2024-05-09 21:11:38
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