Disgraced ex-NBA star sentenced to jail for two years after pleading guilty to $4million healthcare scam
Back in 2021, Telfair was among a number of NBA stars who were arrested following a $4million health care scam done by defrauding the league's health insurance plan.
Two years later, the former NBA star pleaded guilty to charges of fraud - which amounted to $350,000 from his own claims - and was sentenced to three years of probation.
However, it has now emerged that Telfair has since failed to abide by the court-ordered community service and failed to report to his probation officer.
According to Sportico, Telfair has now been ordered to report to prison on August 12th and will serve six months behind bars for his actions.
The outlet claim that U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni told Telfair: 'You thumbed your nose at your probation officer and me over and over'.
The outlet further claim that, in a hearing on Thursday, Telfair told officials that 'things' were 'stacked against' him claimed he sometimes gets 'stuck in the mud'.
He later acknowledged that that he missed his appointments with the probation officer and offered an apology.
However, judge Caproni was not convinced over Telfair's claims and insisted that he had done 'absolutely nothing' to help his case.
Telfair, meanwhile, has a previous criminal record with two separate gun charges - with the most recent being in 2017 when Telfair was found with weapons and marijuana during a traffic stop in Brooklyn.
The case went to trial and in 2019, he was found guilty of felonious weapons possession and sentenced to three years in prison.
Telfair was initially tipped as one of the NBA's most exciting prospects when he broke into the league back in 2004 but things didn't turn out as expected for the Lincoln High graduate.
After struggling during two years at Portland, he went on to become one of the league's notorious journeymen after also suiting up for the Clippers, Suns, Raptors, Timberwolves and more.
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