Been seeing a lot of Tony Allen in the news lately so it seems like a good time to remind people of what he did since it seems like this got brushed under the rug and not many people remember it.
Former NBA guard Tony Allen avoided prison time, receiving community service and three years of supervised probation in August 2023 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud. He was part of a wider federal case involving 18 former players who scammed the NBA’s health and welfare benefit plan out of roughly $4 million
- Allen, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud in April, is among the 18 former NBA players accused of submitting \(5 million in fraudulent medical and dental claims from 2017 to 2020, according to court documents. Allen paid back most of the \)420,000 he illegally obtained before he was charged, per Brush.
- Terrence Williams, a first-round draft pick in 2009, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to forfeit more than \(650,000 and pay \)2.5 million in restitution last week for leading the scam, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
- Charges were also filed against Allen’s wife, Desiree; another former Celtic, Glen Davis; Shannon Brown, a two-time champion with the Lakers; Melvin Ely, who won a title with the Spurs in 2007; Sebastian Telfair, one of the most celebrated high school players in history and 12 other former players. Keyon Dooling and Alan Anderson were sentenced to 30 and 24 months in prison in connection with the case earlier this year.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4759384/2023/08/08/tony-allen-nba-benefits-scam/