LANDOVER, MD - AUGUST 15: Former Washington Redskins operating again Clinton Portis seems to be on from the sidelines previous to the NFL preseason
LANDOVER, MD – AUGUST 15: Former Washington Redskins operating again Clinton Portis seems to be on from the sidelines previous to the NFL preseason recreation between the Cincinnati Bengals and Washington Redskins on August 15, 2019, at FedEx Area in Landover, MD.
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Ten former NFL gamers, together with former Washington Redskins star operating again Clinton Portis, have been charged in a brazen $3.9 million scheme to submit false claims to a well being program run by the league, prosecutors mentioned Thursday.
The gamers are accused in indictments filed in federal courtroom within the Jap District of Kentucky of claiming reimbursements for costly medical tools that was by no means truly bought.
The tools included hyperbaric oxygen chambers, cryotherapy gadgets, ultrasound tools used to carry out imaging on pregnant ladies, and even electromagnetic remedy gadgets used to deal with horses, the federal government mentioned.
The claims have been sometimes for $40,000 to $50,000 apiece. The defendants allegedly fabricated documentation to submit for the claims, together with invoices, prescriptions and letters of medical necessity, in line with the Justice Division.
“By defrauding the plan and treating it like their very own private ATM machine, sadly, the defendants positioned the plan’s tax-exempt standing in danger and threatened the power of law-abiding…