Former NBA player Glen “Big Baby” Davis has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for involvement in a fraud scheme targeting the healthcare plan of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 38-year-old Davis was also handed three years of supervised release. This follows his November 2023 conviction for conspiring to defraud the league’s healthcare program. Davis and 19 others, including former players like Will Bynum, Terrence Williams, and Keyon Dooling, were found guilty of filing false reimbursement claims to the NBAs health and welfare benefit plan for medical care and procedures that were never actually performed.
This elaborate scheme, which involved 22 individuals in total, aimed to defraud the insurance plan for NBA players and their family members of more than $5 million. The fraudulent activities lasted for at least four years. The players would make false claims for dental services and various medical care, but those services were never provided.
Despite maintaining his innocence since the indictments were handed down in October 2021, Davis was convicted by a Manhattan jury and now faces the consequence of a 40-month prison sentence, as well as the obligation to pay $80,000 in restitution. Furthermore, he will have to attend a financial management class and receive mandatory drug treatment during his three years of supervised release.
Davis’ sentencing adds to the list of 22 people, 18 of whom were former players, including Terrence Williams and Keyon Dooling, who have been prosecuted for their involvement in this fraudulent scheme. The case has shed light on serious breaches of trust and ethical conduct within the professional sports community, raising concerns about the oversight of healthcare benefits and fraudulent activities within professional sports associations.
The sentencing of Glen “Big Baby” Davis serves as a reminder of the legal consequences for those who engage in healthcare fraud, and it underscores the need for increased vigilance and regulation to prevent similar fraudulent activities in the future.
