Smith allegedly submitted a false claim for nearly $50,000 worth of dental work that he claimed he had in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Dec. 20, 2018. Investigators determined that Smith was in Taiwan that day.
According to a stunning Thursday morning report, 18 former NBA players have been arrested and charged federally for defrauding the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan … and that list unfortunately includes a couple of former Dallas Mavericks.
The players involved in the scam, and some of their relatives, submitted around $3.9 million in fraudulent claims and received $2.5 million in fraudulent payments.