NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A New York Federal court unsealed an indictment on Wednesday against an NBA coach, a doctor and a dentist who prosecutors accused of submitting fake insurance claims to the league’s healthcare plan.
Keyon Dooling, the coach for the Utah Jazz and a former player, conspired with a dentist, Amir Wahab, and a medical doctor, William Washington, to submit at least $5 million worth of phony claims to the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan, according to the FBI.
The two medical professionals allegedly gave fake invoices to Dooling who prosecutors say then distributed them among 16 other conspirators, who were also charged.
Dooling himself was awarded $350,000 for the dubious claims, but the feds believe the three ring leaders were also getting kickbacks from the other conspirators.
At one point Wahab was reluctant to produce more invoices as the trio were having trouble collecting kickbacks, and Williams chastised him over text.
“You’ve made thousands of f***ing dollars to print a invoice with a name at the top like you f***ing kidding me?” wrote Williams in a text message acquired by the FBI. “We not gonna act like you doing dental work.”
Prosecutors charged the three men with conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
If convicted, they each face a maximum of 20 years in prison.
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