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Former NFL player convicted of health care fraud

February 5, 2026HME News Staff

WASHINGTON – A federal jury in the Middle District of Florida has convicted Joel Rufus French, of Armory, Miss., the owner of a marketing company and a former NFL player, for his role in a yearslong scheme to bilk Medicare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) out of nearly $200 million by selling patient information and sham doctor orders for orthotic braces that patients did not want or need. According to court...

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