Seven former Celtics indicted in alleged fraudulent NBA health care scheme

At least seven of the 18 former NBA players indicted in an alleged scheme to defraud the NBA health care plan played for the Boston Celtics. Ronald Glen "Big Baby" Davis, Sebastian Telfair and Milt Palacio. were all members of the Celtics at some point and now face charges in the $4 million scheme (per Yahoo Sports Liz Roscher):

Jonathan Dienst of NBC New York reported on Thursday that 18 NBA veterans were named in the indictment, and all are facing a count of conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud. These are the names reportedly in the indictment, which was unsealed Thursday:

According to Dienst, who reviewed the grand jury indictment, the three-year scheme allegedly involved the former players submitting fake reimbursement claims for exams and procedures that were never done. The indictment alleges that they took in around $2.5 million from a total of nearly $4 million in fake claims

Alan Anderson
Anthony Allen
Shannon Brown
William Bynum
Ronald Glen Davis
Christopher Douglas-Roberts
Melvin Ely
Jamario Moon
Darius Miles
Milton Palacio
Ruben Patterson
Eddie Robinson
Gregory Smith
Sebastian Telfair
Charles Watson Jr.
Antoine Wright
Anthony Wroten

CelticsSentinel will continue to cover the story as it unfolds.

Addendum: (Per MassLive's Brian Robb):

Another ex-Celtic Terrence Williams is accused of being the mastermind behind the scheme with alleged claims of $3.9 million according to NBC. Defendants got $2.5 million of that total according to prosecutors from 2017 to 2020.

Milt Palacio, Darius Miles, Sebastian Telfair, Will Bynum and Christopher Douglas-Roberts are the other former Celtics among the 18 former NBA players charged in the scheme. Palacio was hired as an assistant coach under Chauncey Billups with the Portland Trail Blazers back in August but he has been placed on leave by the team.

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