Yesterday afternoon, former NBA forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis was sentenced by a federal judge to 40 months in prison due to his role in the scheme to defraud the league’s health care benefits plan.
Last November, Davis was convicted, along with William Bynum, for their role in fraud.
As we reported at the time, the former NBA players were part of a group of 18 former players who, in 2021, were accused of stealing $2.5 million from the Plan through bogus medical and dental claims of $4 million. Officials said the players received $2.5 million for the services that never actually happened.
In August 2023, Terrence Williams, the leader of the group, was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in jail.
Now Davis will join him for the next 40 months, a sentence that also includes three years’ supervised release and an order to pay $80,000 in restitution.
It’s a stunning downfall for the former fan favorite who helped the Celtics win the 2008 NBA title.
The full list of people convicted in the fraud scheme are Tony Allen and his wife, Desiree; Shannon Brown, Melvin Ely, Sebastian Telfair, Darius Miles, Milt Palacio, Eddie Robinson, Ruben Patterson, Antoine Wright, Jamario Moon, Christopher Douglas-Roberts, Charles Watson Jr., Anthony Wroten, Alan Anderson, Gregory Smith and the aforementioned Williams, Davis and Bynum.
