Former Boston Celtics forward and 2008 champion Glen Davis was convicted yesterday for his involvement in an insurance plan fraud scheme. Formner Detroit Piston Will Bynum was also convicted.
More than 20 people have been convicted in the case, many of them onetime NBA players who submitted fictitious dental and medical claims to the NBA Players' Health and Benefit Welfare Plan. Terrence Williams, a 2009 first-round draft pick of the New Jersey Nets, was sentenced in August to a decade in prison as a ringleader of the scheme.
"Today's conviction exemplifies that despite notoriety or success in sports or any other field, no one is exempt from criminal charges if they engage in fraud," U.