Federal Authorities Arrest , Former NBA players , for Alleged Health Care Scam.<br />On October 7, officials said that 18 former NBA players have been charged with attempting to defraud the <br />NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan of nearly $4 million.<br />On October 7, officials said that 18 former NBA players have been charged with attempting to defraud the <br />NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan of nearly $4 million.<br />The defendants include Terrence Williams, <br />Alan Anderson, Anthony Allen, Shannon Brown, <br />William Bynum, Ronald Glen "Big Baby" Davis and others.<br />The defendants include Terrence Williams, <br />Alan Anderson, Anthony Allen, Shannon Brown, <br />William Bynum, Ronald Glen "Big Baby" Davis and others.<br />The defendants include Terrence Williams, <br />Alan Anderson, Anthony Allen, Shannon Brown, <br />William Bynum, Ronald Glen "Big Baby" Davis and others.<br />NBC News reports that the defendants face a count of conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud.<br />The defendants’ playbook involved fraud <br />and deception. They will have to answer <br />for their flagrant violations of law, Audrey Strauss, U.S. Attorney, via NBC News.<br />Attorney Audrey Strauss called Williams, <br />who spent four seasons in the NBA, , the "scheme's linchpin.".<br />Williams allegedly submitted false claims <br />to the league's health care plan.<br />Federal prosecutors allege that Williams supplied false invoices to support those fraudulent claims.<br />Federal prosecutors allege that Williams supplied false invoices to support those fraudulent claims.<br />In exchange for the invoices, Williams<br />allegedly received kickback payments <br />that totaled at least $230,000.<br />According to officials, <br />the players submitted $3.9 million <br />in fake claims and received $2.5 million.<br />The indictment claims that several <br />of the fake invoices stood out because, “they are not on letterhead, they contain unusual <br />formatting, they have grammatical errors.”.<br />This (health care) industry loses tens <br />of millions of dollars a year to fraud. <br />These costs are then passed down <br />to business and customers. <br />That's a fraud we take very seriously, Michael Driscoll, Assistant director in charge of the <br />FBI’s New York Field Office, via NBC News
