Accused include Pro Bowlers Clinton Portis and Carlos RogersPlayers alleged to have made $4m in false claimsTen former
NFL players have been charged with defrauding the league’s health care benefit program, the Department of Justice said on Thursday. They include five former
Washington players, including Clinton Portis and Carlos Rogers.
Prosecutors allege the players targeted the Gene Upshaw NFL Player Health Reimbursement Account Plan, which was established as part of a collective bargaining agreement in 2006. It provides tax-free reimbursement of out-of-pocket medical care expenses that were not covered by insurance and that were incurred by former players, their spouses and dependents.