15 Ex-NFL Players Have Pleaded Guilty Over A Scheme To Steal From A Health Care Fund

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Former Washington Football Team running back Clinton Portis carries the ball during an NFL wildcard playoff football game against the Seattle Seahawks in Jan. 2008. Portis plead guilty to health care fraud charges Tuesday, authorities said.

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10 Former NFL Players Charged With Defrauding League’s Health Care Program

Portis and Vanover face a maximum of 10 years in prison and will be sentenced in Jan. 2022. McCune faces up to 20 years for each count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health care fraud, along with additional penalties for other counts. He will be sentenced on Nov. 19.

Fifteen players in total have plead guilty to charges of fraud. Ten players were charged by federal prosecutors in 2019 for being part of the health care fraud scheme; the next year, five additional retired players were charged.

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