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2 former NBA players sentenced to 30, 24 months in jail for defrauding league's health and benefit plan

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Keyon Dooling and Alan Anderson were sentenced to 30 and 24 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a scheme to defraud the NBA's Players' Health and Welfare Benefit Plan.

Eighteen players, in which NBA vet Terrence Williams was the ringleader, were involved in a scheme to defraud the NBA's health care plan out of more than $5 million.

Williams, Dooling and Anderson recruited other former NBA players to defraud the plan by submitting false invoices by medical officials. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Keyon Dooling #55 of the Memphis Grizzlies dribbles the ball up the floor against the San Antonio Spurs in Game Four of the Western Conference Finals during the 2013 NBA Playoffs on May 27, 2013 at FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. (Jesse D.

Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images) Dooling, who participated in the scheme for around two years, was ordered to forfeit $449,250.50 and pay restitution of $547,495, while Anderson was ordered to forfeit $121,000 and pay restitution of $121,000, according to the United States Department of Justice.

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