{"id":358219,"date":"2021-10-26T19:32:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T16:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nba-fraud-probe-could-lead-to-charges-against-new-defendants\/"},"modified":"2021-10-26T19:32:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T16:32:53","slug":"nba-fraud-probe-could-lead-to-charges-against-new-defendants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nba-fraud-probe-could-lead-to-charges-against-new-defendants\/","title":{"rendered":"#NBA fraud probe could lead to charges against new defendants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#NBA fraud probe could lead to charges against new defendants<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>More charges against new defendants could be coming in the alleged $4 million health care fraud scheme carried out by more than a dozen former NBA players, prosecutors hinted Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>At a court hearing, Manhattan Assistant US Attorney Kristy Greenberg said the feds\u2019 investigation into the rip-off, allegedly orchestrated by ex-New Jersey Nets guard Terrence Williams, is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes the government anticipate there will be a [new] indictment that does or doesn\u2019t include additional defendants? Possibly?\u201d Manhattan federal Judge Valerie Caproni asked Greenberg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is possible, Your Honor,\u201d Greenberg responded at the conference for defendants Alan Anderson and Shannon Brown, who were among the 18 former athletes indicted earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, including Coney Island-raised Sebastian Telfair, allegedly defrauded $4 million from the NBA\u2019s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan, which provides current and former NBA players with health coverage. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/nba-fraud-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Former NBA player Sebastian Telfair departs Federal Court after 18 former NBA players were charged with defrauding the league's health plan, in New York City on Oct. 7, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-19925819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/nba-fraud-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/nba-fraud-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/nba-fraud-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Former NBA player Sebastian Telfair departs federal court after 18 former NBA players were charged with defrauding the league\u2019s health plan, in New York City on Oct. 7, 2021. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Shannon Stapleton<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The players \u2014 who earned a combined $360 million during their time playing for the league \u2014 submitted \u201cfalse and fraudulent claims for reimbursement of expenses for medical and dental services that were not actually rendered,\u201d as part of the scheme, prosecutors said. <\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have raked in evidence in the case, including emails, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> posts and geo-location evidence, from the nearly 20 current defendants, Greenberg said Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>Investigators also seized electronic devices from Williams when they executed a search warrant at his house the day they arrested him earlier this month, Greenberg added.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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At a court hearing, Manhattan Assistant US Attorney Kristy Greenberg said the feds\u2019 investigation into&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":358220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/nba-fraud-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[118036,71006,70690,3674],"class_list":["post-358219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-10-26-21","tag-fraud","tag-manhattan-federal-court","tag-nba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}