LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 09: Keyon Dooling, who played 13 seasons in the NBA, speaks during the Bridging the Gap Summit to discuss the transition into life after basketball during the National Basketball Retired Players Association Conference at Caesars Palace on July 9, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by John McCoy/Getty Images)
Former National Basketball Players Association vice president and current Utah Jazz assistant coach Keyon Dooling was arrested Wednesday for illegally collecting $2.5 million from the NBA’s health and welfare benefit plan.
Dooling personally pocketed $350,000 from the scheme and recruited others to join.
The Department of Justice released a transcript of a text exchange with a co-conspirator demonstrating his role in the defrauding of the NBA’s benefits program.
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The Jazz said they were made aware of the situation by Dooling on Wednesday.
“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. “He has been put on paid administrative leave. Due to the ongoing legal process, we will refrain from further comment.”
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