U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni sentenced a doctor to five years in prison on Nov. 25 for his involvement in a scheme to defraud the National Basketball Association (NBA) Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan.
The NBA health plan provides health and welfare benefits to current and former NBA players, their spouses, and their dependents.
William Washington, 47, a licensed medical doctor who operated medical clinics in the Seattle, Washington, area, participated in a scheme with retired NBA players to defraud the NBA health plan from about 2019 until July 2020.
He generated fraudulent invoices for medical services he didn’t perform, including $10,000 for office visits and $25,000 for shoulder injections, according to a Nov. 25 statement from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York….