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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2011, file photo, Tate George, former NBA basketball player and the CEO of purported real estate development firm The George Group, leaves federal court in Newark, N.J. The former NBA player who starred at the University of Connecticut faces sentencing Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, in New Jersey in a federal fraud case. (AP Photo/The Record of Bergen County, Leslie Barbaro, File) ONLINE OUT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET OUT; NO ARCHIVING; MANDATORY CREDIT

Former NBA player, UConn star Tate George faces sentencing in fraud case

TRENTON, N.J. – Former NBA player Tate George is in court facing a sentencing hearing.

The former University of Connecticut star was convicted two years ago on four counts of wire fraud in what prosecutors say was a real estate Ponzi scheme that snared other athletes and celebrities.

George has claimed the real estate ventures were legitimate and that he didn’t mislead anybody.

George has been jailed since his conviction. He appeared in court Wednesday wearing a green prison jumpsuit.

The sentencing is expected to last into Thursday.

George played for the NBA’s New Jersey Nets and Milwaukee Bucks. He’s best remembered for a buzzer-beating shot for UConn in a 1990 NCAA tournament game against Clemson.

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