Former NBA player Glen Davis was released from prison on Thursday after serving 17 months of a 40-month prison sentence after being convicted in November 2023 of participating in a scheme to defraud the league’s health plan.
Davis and NBA teammate Will Bynum were convicted by a Manhattan jury in 2023 of making false claims to the NBA’s health and welfare benefits program for reimbursement for medical care and procedures that were not actually performed. The two were among 19 people indicted, 18 of whom are former NBA players, including Tony Allen, Terrence Williams, Shannon Brown, Melvin Ealy, Sebastian Telfair and Keyon Dooling.
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Bynum, an eight-year NBA veteran, was sentenced to 18 months in prison in April 2024 and ordered to pay $183,000 in restitution.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, those involved in the fraud scheme made more than $5 million in illicit profits. Davis filed a claim worth $132,000, including $27,200 worth of dental work in Beverly Hills. Authorities used cell phone data to prove he was indeed in Las Vegas at the time, USA Today reported.
Davis was ultimately convicted of health care fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to make false statements, and conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
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In addition, Davis was ordered to pay $80,000 in restitution. His sentence was deferred for six months to allow him to complete filming of a documentary, allowing him to pay his sentence. Davis was also ordered to attend financial management classes and mandatory drug treatment.
“He used his time effectively while serving his sentence and participated in a number of programs during this period,” lawyer Brendan White told The Athletic. “He is ready to become a productive member of society again.”
Davis will enter a halfway house at the Long Beach Residential Reentry Management Office to transition from prison to daily life. From that point, he faces three years of supervised release.
Davis played in the NBA for eight seasons, playing for the Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Clippers, averaging 8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. His best season was the 2012-13 season, when he averaged 15.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game for the Magic.
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Davis, a 2007 second-round pick out of LSU, was a member of the Celtics’ 2008 NBA championship team and finished fourth in Sixth Man of the Year voting in 2011-12.
