How does this scam work? If he is making false claims, how does he get the actual cash?
Basically - yes and yes.
He submits fake claims via a partner physician and their billing service for treatment and durable med equipment never provided. He also “recruited” other broke NBA players to participate.
Dr gets paid 10-20k and then gives him a few grand. Do this a couple dozen times and over a few hundred players - your making some serious $$.
Basically doing the same thing that occurs daily with our Medicare system - on a smaller basis. Of course no one cares if you rip off the government because they print the money anyway. but defraud the might NBA - they are gonna make an example out of you because they can - to dissuade anyone from ever trying this scam again.
It worked well during COVID because places were just rubber stamping approvals - but now that they are re-reviewing given the opportunity- a lot of fake billing’s being found.
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