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Terrence Williams, a former NBA player, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his participation in a scheme to defraud the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan out of more than $5 million. From 2017 through 2021, Williams and over a dozen other individuals allegedly submitted fraudulent claims for reimbursement for medical and dental services that were not actually rendered. Williams recruited other Plan participants to join the scheme by offering to provide them with false invoices to support their fraudulent claims. Williams also solicited non-medical professionals to copy invoices made by medical officers, which Williams sent to co-conspirators.
In furtherance of the scheme, Williams repeatedly impersonated employees of the Plan’s administrative manager in order to threaten doctors and obtain kickbacks, amounting to approximately $646,000. Williams was charged and arrested in April 2022 and later pled guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
In addition to the prison term, Williams has been sentenced to three years of supervised release, ordered to forfeit $653,672.55, and ordered to pay restitution of $2,500,000.
Read the US Department of Justice (DOJ) press release here.
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