2 Indictments Charge 10 Former NFL Players With Health Care Fraud

(December 13, 2019, 11:07 AM EST) -- LEXINGTON, Ky. — Two indictments filed under seal on Dec. 6 in Kentucky federal court and unsealed Dec. 12 charge 10 former National Football League players with participating in a nationwide health care fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of $3.9 million in fraudulent claims to the Gene Upshaw NFL Player Health Reimbursement Account Plan between June 2017 and December 2018 and $3.4 million in payouts (United States v. Correll Buckhalter, et al., No. 19-cr-205, United States v. Robert McCune, et al., No. 19-cr-206, E.D. Ky.)....