Former Boston Celtics player Glen Davis has been handed a 40-month prison sentence in connection with a scheme to defraud the league’s healthcare plan.
Davis, who played in the NBA from 2007 to 2015, was accused of filing false reimbursement claims to the league’s healthcare plan for medical care they never received. Davis was convicted of the $4 million fraud in November.
Davis and nineteen other players reportedly in on the scheme received $2.5 million of the nearly $5 million in false claims.
Kobe Bryant, #24, the Los Angeles Lakers, gets set to fight for rebound position against Glen Davis, #11, of the Boston Celtics, in Game One of the 2010 NBA Finals at Staples Center on June 3, 2010, in Los Angeles, California. (Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images)
Along with his sentence, Davis was ordered to pay $80,000 in restitution, according to Yahoo Sports.
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