Portis and 12 other retired NFL players accused of health benefits scam.

[bakedtater1]

Looks like portis was involved in some health care scam..I dont know how to post links...its on pro football talk...debate away!!

[justice98]

Portis seems to be the headliner.  But they got Carlos Rogers too.

[bakedtater1]

1 minute ago, justice98 said:

Portis seems to be the headliner.  But they got Carlos Rogers too.

2 ex Redskins than..ohhh boy howdy

[justice98]

Just now, bakedtater1 said:

2 ex Redskins than..ohhh boy howdy

 

Three apparently.  I just saw Robert McCune got clipped on this as well, who frankly I forgot was a Redskin.  

[ColonialWBSkinsFan]

More evidence of some "damn good culture..."

 

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[Ghost of]

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ten-former-nfl-players-charged-alleged-nationwide-fraud-health-care-benefit-program-retired

 

It's Ok to give a link or look one up so we can comment on it.

 

Some will dismiss this, but I don't see how you can dismiss Clinton, Carlos and these other players (likely Joe Horn and Reche Caldwell to be added) engaged in defrauding a health benefits plan to personally enrich themselves or friends. Pretty scummy thing to do. 

4 minutes ago, ColonialWBSkinsFan said:

More evidence of some "damn good culture..."

 

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Ehh, bunch of players caught up.  A few are Redskins but this is more a symptom of a certain slice of NFL players.

[Xameil]

Reads like McCune was actually one of the ringleaders of this

[profusion]

Does this mean he's out of the running to be the next GM?

[Riggo-toni]

These guys were Gibbs II era players.

[SkinFanInMinn]

15 minutes ago, profusion said:

Does this mean he's out of the running to be the next GM?

Heck no.

[ExoDus84]

Yeah they are in some deep ****. 20 national FBI offices were in on this investigation.

 

Portis is going to have to stiff arm dudes in the shower pretty soon. Hope he doesn't fumble the soap. 

[ntotoro]

Looks like Dr. Do Itch Big been making some bad insurance claims!

[Dan T.]

I seem to recall stories of Portis running into financial difficulty post-playing days. Am I remembering that right? Desperate times/desperate measures. 

[Boss_Hogg]

42 minutes ago, justice98 said:

 

Three apparently.  I just saw Robert McCune got clipped on this as well, who frankly I forgot was a Redskin.  

 

Make that four ex-redskins according to CNN

 

Portis, McCune, Rogers, and Johnathan Eubanks

At least Carlos Rogers finally caught something...an indictment from a federal grand jury. 

 

 

[Rocky21]

Former redskin Reche Caldwell too. 

 

This is a bad look folks. 

[Riggo-toni]

21 minutes ago, Dan T. said:

I seem to recall stories of Portis running into financial difficulty post-playing days. Am I remembering that right? Desperate times/desperate measures. 

Yeah, he lost everything, including I believe, the house he bought for his mother.

He claimed he was defrauded by his agent, and admitted fantasizing about killing the guy. I think it was the same invest in a casino scam that TO got taken on, but I am not sure.

[MarkB452]

2 minutes ago, Riggo-toni said:

Yeah, he lost everything, including I believe, the house he bought for his mother.

He claimed he was defrauded by his agent, and admitted fantasizing about killing the guy. I think it was the same invest in a casino scam that TO got taken on, but I am not sure.

 

That rings a bell for me too.  I also remember Moss saying that when it came to spending money that Portis was in a league by himself.

[Ghost of]

imagine having millions and thinking you need to invest in get-rich-quick/easy schemes instead of just like putting it aside.  I get it when there's a manager who has account access and just steals it but losing it from uncontrolled investments is stupid.

 

Like even if you have 20 million, invest 1 in bad scheme, you have 19 left.  

[RVAskins]

Does this mean Portis won't be on the sideline during preseason...GOOD...Um I mean.. darn.

[mistertim]

43 minutes ago, Riggo-toni said:

Yeah, he lost everything, including I believe, the house he bought for his mother.

He claimed he was defrauded by his agent, and admitted fantasizing about killing the guy. I think it was the same invest in a casino scam that TO got taken on, but I am not sure.

 

A dude willing to pay millions to have a huge basement built with stripper poles in it isn't someone who'd I'd think is particularly difficult to scam out of some dough. 

[zCommander]

1 hour ago, ExoDus84 said:

Portis is going to have to stiff arm sides in the shower pretty soon. Hope he doesn't fumble the soap. 

 

Does this means he will be reporting from the other sideline then?

[ANONYMOUS SOURCE.]

How bad a person am I if I’m secretly hoping Dan helped them set it all up? 😄

[profusion]

4 minutes ago, ANONYMOUS SOURCE. said:

How bad a person am I if I’m secretly hoping Dan helped them set it all up? 😄

 

First thing I thought, too; this would be our "Donald Sterling moment!"

[Idaho fan]

Innocent until proven guilty but it doesn't look good.  Sounds like a big well organized investigation - sometimes people do stupid things that they regret.  Sad.

[philibusters]

I feel bad for Portis.  If you look at what happened to his money he probably got taken advantage of by people he trusted like his agent.  I am sure he also made bad financial decisions himself.   But to be 40 years old and to have made 50 million dollars and have almost nothing to show for it would be tough. 

 

That said he is Clinton Portis, he would have had career options in football.  He could have become a coach, analyst, or front office person.   He may have had to start at the bottom and not made a lot of money, but he is Clinton Portis so he would have had opportunities.  In the end even if he lost some of his money because people took advantage of him he got himself into the fraud scheme and now he may have to pay the penalty.