NBA coach arrested for multi-million dollar fraud case
According to the new indictment, via ESPN, the coach "pocketed about $350,000 of plan proceeds illegally.
Utah Jazz assistant coach Keyon Dooling was arrested this week for his alleged involvement in a ring of 18 former NBA players who have been charged with illegally pocketing millions of dollars by defrauding the league's health and welfare benefit plan, reports ESPN.
Dooling, a former National Basketball Players Association vice president, was arrested Wednesday in Utah and the Jazz placed him on paid administrative leave.
Utah plays host to Dallas in Game 6 of the Western Conference Playoffs' first round on Thursday night and trail 3-2 in the series.
"It is a case concerning his time at the National Basketball Players Association, prior to him joining our organization," the Jazz said in a statement. "Due to the ongoing legal process, we will refrain from further comment."
According to Wednesday's new indictment, via ESPN, Dooling "pocketed about $350,000 of plan proceeds illegally. In all, it said about $5 million in false claims were submitted, though claimants did not receive as much in proceeds."
Dooling and co-conspirators allegedly recruited others to join a health-care and wire-conspiracy for fraud scheme, which spanned from at least 2017 to 2020.
The indictment included an estimated $350,000 that Dooling allegedly received illegally through health-care plan fraud. In its entirety, co-conspirators tried to gain $5 million in false claims, but were unsuccessful in receiving that total in net proceeds.
Dooling, 41, starred at Missouri as a collegian before he was selected No. 10 overall in 2000. He played 13 NBA seasons for the Clippers, Heat, Magic, Nets, Bucks, Celtics and Grizzlies.
