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Davis is the fourth prominent former player
sentenced in the case after they were found guilty of the scheme
in which at least 20 people aided in submitting or falsifying
claims to the NBA healthcare plan.
Davis submitted a total of $132,000 worth of claims, almost all
of which were proven fraudulent by prosecutors using cellphone
geolocation data and related travel expenses.
He also was ordered to make a payment of $80,000 in restitution
with financial management classes and drug testing mandatory as
conditional terms of his eventual release.
A second-round pick in 2007 out of LSU, Davis was part of the
2008 NBA champion Boston Celtics and last played in the league
with the Clippers in 2015.
Davis, 38, was found guilty in November of health care fraud,
wire fraud, conspiracy to make false statements and conspiracy
to commit health care and wire fraud. He faced sentencing
Thursday with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
Davis is the fifth NBA player sentenced in connection with the
scheme joining Terrence Williams, Keyon Dooling, Alan Anderson
and Will Bynum. Williams was the ringleader behind the plan and
was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Bynum was given an 18-month
sentence for making false statements to the health and welfare
plan.
Dooling, a former vice president of the National Basketball
Players Association, was sentenced to 30 months and Anderson
received 24 months in prison for their roles. Dooling was
ordered to forfeit $449,250 and make restitution payments
totaling $547,495.
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