| Former Player Douglas-Roberts
Indicted For NBA Fraud Cites Quarantine But Due in
SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Video
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 25 – Former NBA player
Sebastian Telfair and 17
others former players were
named in an indictment
unsealed on October 7 for
defrauding the NBA health
fund, in Telfair's case, for
$350,000.
He
nevertheless got a publicly
funded lawyer. Inner City
Press was there, in U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrates Court and live
tweeted it here:
(street video here)
The case is
against 18 former NBA players
"for defrauding the NBA’s
Health and Welfare Benefit
Plan out of approximately
$4,000,000."
One of the
players, a former Net and Buck
who attended University of Memphis,
sought to not appear in person
in SDNY, but was denied: "MEMO
ENDORSEMENT denying [63]
LETTER MOTION filed by
Christopher Douglas-Roberts
(8), addressed to Judge
Valerie E. Caproni from
Attorney Matthew D. Myers
dated 10/21/2021 re: United
States v. Williams.... The
defendant has not yet
quarantined the necessary two
weeks to appear in person at
the courthouse for the October
27, 2021 10:00am court date.
We are asking that Mr.
Douglas-Roberts be permitted
to use the call-in service and
appear remotely so as to not
have to fly back to New York
from Detroit just a week after
having been here as well as to
avoid any pandemic protocols
for foreign travelers having
to quarantine before entering
the courthouse from his prior
Mexico-New York trip on
October 18, 2021. ENDORSEMENT:
Application DENIED. The SDNY
courthouse entry protocols
permit Mr. Douglas-Roberts
entry into the courthouse on
October 27, 2021. If Mr.
Douglas-Roberts is vaccinated,
to enter the courthouse, he
will have to show (i) the
results of the COVTD-19 test
that he used to enter the
country; and (ii) a second
test on day 4 after travel or
if he did not test on day 4,
then the result of a test
taken as soon as possible
after day 4. Mr.
Douglas-Roberts may enter the
courthouse while he is waiting
for those second test results
if he does not have them
before October 27, 2021. If
Mr. Douglas-Roberts is not
vaccinated, to enter the
courthouse, he will have to
show (i) the results of the
COVTD-19 test that he used to
enter the country; and (ii) a
second test on day 4 after
travel or if he did not test
on day 4, then the result of a
test taken as soon as possible
after day 4; and (iii) a test
taken on October 25, 2021 or
October 26, 2021, given that
he will be traveling to New
York from Detroit. Mr.
Douglas-Roberts cannot enter
the courthouse until he
provides both (or all three)
test results. He does not need
to provide proof of
quarantine, given that more
than 7 days will have passed
since his arrival. SO ORDERED.
(Signed by Judge Valerie E.
Caproni on 10/22/2021)
From October 7:
OK - ex NBA Sebastian
Telfair @SDNYLIVE
Magistrates court. He was
arrested at 6:54 am. He is in
gray sweater and COVID mask.
Telfair applies
for and hets publicly funded
lawyer, Ms Colson. Judge
Parker: you are charged with
defrauding NBA Health Plan for
$350,000.
Colson: Not
guilty.
US Attorney has
agreed to free Telfair on
$250,000 bond, 2 co-signers.
Judge accepts it.
MagistrateJudge
Parker: Mr. Telfair, ou'll be
released today with condition
to be met in 2 weeks. Speedy
Trial Act time excluded to Oct
25 control date. Line up
below.
Telfair walking away from
photographers after court, photo by Matthew
Russell Lee 10/7/21
The line up:
Indictment charging TERRENCE
WILLIAMS, ALAN ANDERSON,
ANTHONY ALLEN, DESIREE ALLEN,
SHANNON BROWN, WILLIAM BYNUM,
RONALD GLEN DAVIS, CHRISTOPHER
DOUGLAS-ROBERTS, a/k/a
“Supreme Bey,” MELVIN ELY,
JAMARIO MOON, DARIUS MILES,
MILTON PALACIO, RUBEN
PATTERSON, EDDIE ROBINSON,
GREGORY SMITH, SEBASTIAN
TELFAIR, CHARLES WATSON JR.,
ANTOINE WRIGHT, and ANTHONY
WROTEN with conspiracy to
commit health care fraud and
wire fraud, in connection with
a scheme to defraud the
National Basketball
Associations (“NBA’s”) Health
and Welfare Benefit Plan out
of nearly $4,000,000.
TERRENCE WILLIAMS is also
charged with aggravated
identity theft in connection
with the same scheme.
The case is assigned to U.S.
District Judge Valerie E.
Caproni.
The
positions:
WILLIAMS and WROTEN will be
presented in the Western
District of Washington.
DAVIS will be presented in the
Central District of
California. SMITH will
be presented in the Eastern
District of California.
PATTERSON will presented in
the Northern District of
Ohio. MOON will be
presented in the Northern
District of Alabama.
BYNUM and ELY will be
presented in the Northern
District of Illinois.
MILES will be presented in the
Middle District of
Florida. ANDERSON,
WATSON, and WRIGHT will be
presented in the District of
Nevada. BROWN will be
presented in the Northern
District of Georgia.
DESIREE ALLEN will be
presented in the Western
District of Tennessee.
TELFAIR will be presented in
the Southern District of New
York before U.S. Magistrate
Judge Katharine H.
Parker.
ANTHONY ALLEN,
DOUGLAS-ROBERTS, SMITH and
ROBINSON remain at large
The case is US v.
Williams, et al., 21-cr-603
(Caproni)
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