18 Former NBA Players Arrested - Defrauding NBA Health & Welfare Benefit Plan

[Donoghus]

Whoa.  Some familiar faces.

Tom Winter
@Tom_Winter
BREAKING: 18 former NBA players have been arrested and charged federally for defrauding the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan out of approximately $4,000,000, law enforcement officials say.

Reported by
@jonathan4ny

and me.
9:28 AM · Oct 7, 2021·TweetDeck


Tom Winter
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@Tom_Winter
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Some of the players charged include:
- Milt Palacio
- Sebastian Telfair
- Antoine Wright
- Darius Miles
- Ruben Patterson
- Eddie Robinson
- Gregory Smith
- Glen Davis
- Jamario Moon

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Tom Winter
@Tom_Winter
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More former players:
- Terrence Williams
- Alan Anderson
- Tony Allen
- Shannon Brown
- William Bynum
- Melvin Ely
- Christopher Douglas-Roberts
- Tony Wroten

[SHAQATTACK]

Da Big Baby …strikes again.

[nickagneta]

4 ex-Celtics.

[Roy H.]

Six former Celts?

[Roy H.]

4 ex-Celtics.

Palacio
Telfair
Miles (preseason only)
Allen
Davis
Williams

[Celtics2021]

4 ex-Celtics.

I count 6, 7 if you include Bynum (but he was traded for and released without playing in a game.)

[Emmette Bryant]

4 ex-Celtics.

Palacio
Telfair
Miles (preseason only)
Allen
Davis
Williams

Sigh... this is not how I want to remember these guys

[nickagneta]

4 ex-Celtics.

Palacio
Telfair
Miles (preseason only)
Allen
Davis
Williams

I didn't count Miles as he never played a regular season game here. Williams I just forgot about because, well, in his time here, his play was quite forgettable.😁

[liam]

Miracle Milt! Oh, no!

[Roy H.]

4 ex-Celtics.

Palacio
Telfair
Miles (preseason only)
Allen
Davis
Williams

Sigh... this is not how I want to remember these guys

Yeah. It’s disappointing to hear about Baby and Tony in particular.  I don’t know any of the particulars about this case, but combined those guys made $75 million in their careers.  There’s no need to even go near any criminal activity.

[Donoghus]

4 ex-Celtics.

Palacio
Telfair
Miles (preseason only)
Allen
Davis
Williams

Sigh... this is not how I want to remember these guys

Yeah. It’s disappointing to hear about Baby and Tony in particular.  I don’t know any of the particulars about this case, but combined those guys made $75 million in their careers.  There’s no need to even go near any criminal activity.

So waiting for more to come out on this but are talking something like submitting false claims or something much more in depth here?  Millionaires submitting false claims here just seems so needless and unnecessarily.   

[Roy H.]

The indictment says that former NBA player Terrence Williams “orchestrated” a plan to submit false claims to the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan. Williams allegedly offered to supply false invoices from a group of former players in exchange for kickback payments to Williams

All told, the indictment says Williams was paid at least $230,000 in kickbacks from 10 other players. 

The players involved and some of their relatives submitted approximately $3.9 million in fraudulent claims and actually received $2.5 million in fraudulent payments.

[Roy H.]

4 ex-Celtics.

Palacio
Telfair
Miles (preseason only)
Allen
Davis
Williams

Sigh... this is not how I want to remember these guys

Yeah. It’s disappointing to hear about Baby and Tony in particular.  I don’t know any of the particulars about this case, but combined those guys made $75 million in their careers.  There’s no need to even go near any criminal activity.

So waiting for more to come out on this but are talking something like submitting false claims or something much more in depth here?  Millionaires submitting false claims here just seems so needless and unnecessarily.

This stuff happens more than you think.  In my younger days — in one of the cooler experiences of my life — I interned at a federal law enforcement agency in Ireland. The number of criminals involved in organized crime who filed for welfare benefits was staggering.  Not just the low end guys, but the actual bosses and shot callers. You would think that when you’re a millionaire based upon illegal activities that you might not want to invite further government scrutiny, but these folks had no shame.

[Celtics2021]

4 ex-Celtics.

Palacio
Telfair
Miles (preseason only)
Allen
Davis
Williams

Sigh... this is not how I want to remember these guys

Yeah. It’s disappointing to hear about Baby and Tony in particular.  I don’t know any of the particulars about this case, but combined those guys made $75 million in their careers.  There’s no need to even go near any criminal activity.

Yeah, TA is the most disappointing to me.  $40 million in his career.  If he was hard up because he made mistakes, I'm sure he could've gotten a job with some NBA team, much less endorsement money from businesses around Memphis.  Seems like it was pure greed.

[Roy H.]

4 ex-Celtics.

Palacio
Telfair
Miles (preseason only)
Allen
Davis
Williams

Sigh... this is not how I want to remember these guys

Yeah. It’s disappointing to hear about Baby and Tony in particular.  I don’t know any of the particulars about this case, but combined those guys made $75 million in their careers.  There’s no need to even go near any criminal activity.

Yeah, TA is the most disappointing to me.  $40 million in his career.  If he was hard up because he made mistakes, I'm sure he could've gotten a job with some NBA team, much less endorsement money from businesses around Memphis.  Seems like it was pure greed.

Tony’s wife is indicted, too.  Sad.