Terrence Williams, selected 11th overall in the 2009 NBA draft by then-New Jersey Nets, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care in Summer 2022. The defendant, along with others, engaged in a widespread scheme from at least 2017 up to around 2020 to defraud the NBA Players' Health and Welfare Benefit Plan by submitting fake claims for medical and dental services that were never actually rendered. In some cases, the players who submitted the claims weren't even in the United States at the times they allegedly received the treatments. They filed fake invoices saying they had to pay for the phantom procedures out of pocket. Those fraudulent claims totaled about $3.9 million, from which the defendants got about $2.5 million in fraudulent proceeds. 1. What type of scheme is this? Provide the overarching type (e.g. the chapter name) as well as the specific title. 2. Provide one control that could have helped prevent this. 3. Given an example of a pressure that might have led the fraudster to commit this crime (different from your other short answer examples). 4. Give an example of a rationalization the fraudster might have used (different from your other short answer examples).

Terrence Williams, selected 11th overall in the 2009 NBA draft by then-New Jersey Nets, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care in Summer 2022. The defendant, along with others, engaged in a widespread scheme from at least 2017 up to around 2020 to defraud the NBA Players' Health and Welfare Benefit Plan by submitting fake claims for medical and dental services that were never actually rendered. In some cases, the players who submitted the claims weren't even in the United States at the times they allegedly received the treatments. They filed fake invoices saying they had to pay for the phantom procedures out of pocket. Those fraudulent claims totaled about $3.9 million, from which the defendants got about $2.5 million in fraudulent proceeds. 1. What type of scheme is this? Provide the overarching type (e.g. the chapter name) as well as the specific title. 2. Provide one control that could have helped prevent this. 3. Given an example of a pressure that might have led the fraudster to commit this crime (different from your other short answer examples). 4. Give an example of a rationalization the fraudster might have used (different from your other short answer examples)