FORT MILL, S.C. (WJZY) – Clinton Portis, a former NFL functioning back again, will soon report to federal prison for 6 months.

Portis was sentenced by a federal judge in Kentucky this 7 days immediately after he pleaded responsible to defrauding the league’s health and fitness care approach.

At 1 point in 2004, Portis turned the greatest-paid out managing back in NFL history. Right after nine several years enjoying with the Denver Broncos and Washington Soccer Team, and vocation earnings of a lot more than $43 million, Portis fell into deep money issues.

A mixture of undesirable investments and extravagant spending direct to Portis declaring personal bankruptcy in 2015. And that is when the wellness treatment plan came into participate in. He is a person of 15 NFL players charged with ripping off the league’s wellbeing treatment prepare.

In accordance to authorities, the former gamers admitted to collaborating in a plan to defraud the Gene Upshaw NFL Player Well being Reimbursement Account Plan (the Strategy).

The Approach was recognized in accordance with the NFL’s 2006 collective bargaining arrangement and provided for tax-free of charge reimbursement of out-of-pocket clinical treatment fees that ended up not included by insurance policies, and that were being incurred by previous gamers, their spouses, and their dependents – up to a greatest of $350,000 per player, authorities mentioned.

In accordance to court docket files, Portis prompted the submission of bogus and fraudulent claims to the Prepare on his behalf around a two-thirty day period period of time, gathering $99,264 in positive aspects for high-priced clinical gear that was not truly presented.

Along with the jail time, he’s been purchased to repay virtually $100,000.

Another South Carolina resident, former New Orleans Saints broad receiver Joe Horn, pleaded responsible to the identical fraud in 2019.

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