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Former NBA player Glen Davis sentenced for fraud scheme
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Greater than 20 individuals have been convicted within the case, lots of them onetime NBA gamers who submitted fictitious dental and medical claims.
NEW YORK — Former Boston Celtics participant Glen “Massive Child” Davis was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in a federal jail for his participation in a scheme New York prosecutors mentioned defrauded an insurance coverage plan for NBA gamers and their households of greater than $5 million.
Greater than 20 individuals have been convicted within the case, lots of them onetime NBA gamers who submitted fictitious dental and medical claims to the NBA Gamers’ Well being and Profit Welfare Plan. A jury discovered Davis and former Detroit Pistons guard Will Bynum responsible in November.
Davis may have three years of supervised launch after he serves his time period, and he has been ordered to pay $80,000 in restitution. Davis’ lawyer, Sabrina Shroff, declined to remark. Bynum was sentenced final month to 18 months in jail and three years of supervised launch and in addition should pay $182,224 in restitution.
Prosecutors mentioned docs and dentists working with the gamers created fraudulent invoices that have been submitted to the supplemental insurance coverage plan for reimbursement.
Davis was discovered responsible of well being care fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to make false statements and conspiracy to commit well being care and wire fraud.
Davis was the Southeastern Convention participant of the yr whereas main LSU to the 2006 NCAA championship sport. He performed for 3 groups over eight NBA seasons and was a member of the Celtics’ 2008 title crew.
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