Clinton Portis and two other former NFL players plead guilty in multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme
(CNN)Two-time Pro Bowl running back Clinton Portis and two other former NFL players have pleaded guilty for their roles in a nationwide health care benefit fraud scheme to submit false claims for payouts totaling about $3 million, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Portis, Tamarick Vanover and Robert McCune admitted to participating in a scheme to scam the league's retiree health care benefits plan, which provides tax-free reimbursement to former players and their families for out-of-pocket medical expenses that are not covered by insurance, the department said.
Prosecutors said McCune, who played eight games in four NFL seasons, was the mastermind.
"McCune orchestrated the nationwide fraud, which resulted in approximately $2.9 million in false and fraudulent claims being submitted to the Plan and the Plan paying out approximately $2.5 million on those claims between June 2017 and April 2018," the Justice Department said.
http://www.cnn.com/2021/09/07/us/former-nfl-players-health-care-fraud-guilty-pleas/index.html
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