January 07, 2022
A Kentucky federal judge has sentenced former National Football League running back Clinton Portis to six months in prison, following the two-time Pro Bowler's September guilty plea to being part of a scheme that bilked the NFL's medical expense reimbursement program out of millions of dollars.
October 25, 2021
Former NFL players Anthony Montgomery and Darrell Reid were the latest to be sentenced Monday for their roles in a $3.9 million scheme to defraud the league's health care system, receiving probation and home confinement.
October 22, 2021
Former Tennessee Titan Antwan Odom avoided prison time Thursday for his role in a $3.9 million scheme to bilk the league's health plan, with a Kentucky federal judge sentencing him to six months of home confinement.
October 18, 2021
Kentucky federal prosecutors want prison terms for a pair of former NFL players who were among more than a dozen accused of pillaging $3.9 million from a league health plan, according to new court filings.
October 05, 2021
Three retired National Football League players were sentenced to prison Tuesday after pleading guilty in Kentucky federal court to participating in a scheme to pilfer $3.9 million from a league health plan.
September 29, 2021
Prosecutors on Tuesday asked a Kentucky federal judge to grant light prison sentences to a squad of former NFL players who copped to their roles in a $3.9 million scheme to pilfer the league's health plan, citing the players' contrition relative to a co-conspirator.
September 07, 2021
Two former National Football League players on Friday admitted to their roles in a $3.9 million scheme that defrauded an NFL health care benefits program, prosecutors say, after a trial led to a hung jury and a mistrial.
September 02, 2021
Two former NFL players accused of participating in a $3.9 million health care fraud scheme are in "active plea negotiations" after a hung jury led a Kentucky federal judge to declare a mistrial, court records show.
August 24, 2021
A former Baltimore Ravens linebacker pled guilty Tuesday to his role in a $3.9 million scheme to pilfer from a National Football League health plan, just as he was about to face trial alongside two fellow ex-players.
November 24, 2020
A Kentucky federal judge on Tuesday refused to block the use of testimony linked to the cellphone of a slain cooperating witness in an upcoming health care fraud trial against former NFL players.