Terrence Williams, a former first-round NBA pick, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for defrauding the NBA's healthcare plan out of $5 million.

<div class="block">Terrence Williams, a former first-round NBA pick, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for defrauding the NBA&#39;s healthcare plan out of $5 million.</div>

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Ex-NBA Player Terrence Williams Gets Prison Sentence

And former first round NBA draft pick Terrence Williams was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday for defrauding the league's health care plan out of $5 million. Williams was ordered to forfeit more than 650,000 and paid $2.5 million in restitution. The former NBA player recruited a dentist and a doctor in California and Washington State to file fraudulent medical and dental expenses on his behalf. Between 2017 and 2021 Will Williams pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud as well as aggravated identity theft.