‘Stupidity and greed’: ex-NBA player gets 10 years for $4m healthcare fraud

• Terrence Williams sentenced to 10 years in prison for fraud
• Former NBA player ripped off health plan for former players
• Williams, 36, went to Nets with No 11 pick in 2009 NBA draft

A federal judge sentenced a former first-round NBA draft pick to 10 years in prison Thursday, saying he used his people skills to entice others to aid his $5m health care fraud after he frittered away" substantial earnings from his professional career.

Terrence Williams, 36, of Seattle, was also ordered to forfeit more than $650,000 and to pay $2.5m in restitution for ripping off the NBA's Health and Welfare Benefit Plan between 2017 and 2021 with the help of a dentist in California and doctors in California and Washington state. Profits were generated by claims for fictitious medical and dental expenses.