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Report: Former Detroit Pistons guard Will Bynum sentenced to 18 months in insurance fraud scheme

41-year-old spent 6 seasons with the Pistons

According to ESPN, former Detroit Pistons guard Will Bynum, 41, was sentenced to 18 months in a scandal involving NBA insurance fraud.

The 41-year-old, who spent six years with the Pistons, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday (April 16).

Officials revealed a complex conspiracy, with Bynum at its center, involving the submission of false dental and medical claims to the NBA Players’ Health and Benefit Welfare Plan.

The 41-year-old and 20 others were convicted, with many of them being former NBA athletes.

PHOENIX - NOVEMBER 22: Will Bynum #12 of the Detroit Pistons drives the ball past Channing Frye #8 of the Phoenix Suns during the NBA game at US Airways Center on November 22, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns defeated the Pistons 117-91. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) (2009 Getty Images)

Court documents say the former Pistons guard and other former NBA players schemed to defraud the welfare plan from 2018 - 2019; the 6′0″, 185-pound guard was said to have received fake invoices showing $200,000 in medical services that he had undergone in Los Angeles which had never occurred.

The former players were convicted in November 2023, with some already receiving sentencing.

Bynum was ordered to forfeit $182,000 while also paying restitution of the same amount after sentencing.

The Chicago native averaged 8.1 points per game, 3.3 assists per game, and 1.6 rebounds in 9 seasons in the association.

Bynum, an undrafted rookie out of Georgia Tech by the Golden State Warriors in 2005-2006, helped the Pistons reach the playoffs in 2009 and averaged 11.8 points per game in 19.6 minutes.

AUBURN HILLS, MI - APRIL 26: Will Bynum #12 of the Detroit Pistons tries to pass to a teammate but his foot was out of bounds in front of Delonte West #13 of the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals during the 2009 NBA Playoffs at the Palace of Auburn Hills on April 26, 2009 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) (2009 Getty Images)

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