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Ex-NFL Player Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for $200M Medicare Fraud Scheme
Rufus French, a former NFL player who starred at Ole Miss, was sentenced last week to over 16 years in prison for orchestrating a years-long scheme to scam government agencies out of nearly $200 million by selling patient information and …
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According to Insurance Journal’s source item, Ex-NFL Player Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for $200M Medicare Fraud Scheme, Rufus French, a former NFL player who starred at Ole Miss, was sentenced last week to over 16 years in prison for orchestrating a years-long scheme to scam government agencies out of nearly $200 million by selling patient information and …
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- Ex-NFL Player Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for $200M Medicare Fraud SchemeInsurance Journal - 2026-05-12T08:00:39+00:00
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