USA v. McCune, et al.

  1. September 09, 2022

    Attorney-Client Privilege Waived In Football Fraud Fight

    A Kentucky federal judge ordered ex-football player Etric Pruitt's attorney-client privilege waived on Thursday, after Pruitt agreed to the waiver in order to keep alive his claim that head injuries from his football career kept him from understanding his previous plea agreement.

  2. August 17, 2022

    Ex-NFLer Is Asked To Waive Attorney Privilege In Fraud Fight

    A Kentucky magistrate judge ordered a former NFL player Wednesday to either waive attorney-client privilege or risk dismissal of his claims that head injuries prevented him from understanding his plea deal in a case in which he was accused of participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud the league's fund for injured former players.

  3. August 11, 2022

    Ex-NFLer Says Injuries Stopped Him From Grasping Plea Deal

    Former NFL defensive back Etric Pruitt claimed Thursday that head injuries prevented him from understanding the plea deal he agreed to in 2021, which came in a case where he was accused of participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud the league's fund for injured former players.

  4. May 17, 2022

    Ex-NFLers Win Restitution Cutbacks In Benefits Fraud Case

    A Kentucky federal judge on Monday revised the government's "unduly complicated" restitution scheme for a group of former NFL players convicted in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud.

  5. March 03, 2022

    Ex-NFLer's Habeas Notice Can't Delay Prison In Benefits Scam

    A Kentucky federal judge on Thursday rejected a former National Football League player's request to delay his three-month prison sentence for his role in a $3.9 million health fraud case, saying his intention to file a habeas petition challenging his punishment is not enough to remain free.

  6. March 02, 2022

    Ex-NFLer Seeks Prison Delay To Appeal Fraud Sentence

    A former National Football League player is trying to delay his three-month sentence for participating in a $3.9 million scheme to defraud a league health plan, telling a Kentucky federal court his punishment should have been lighter in a case that involved more than a dozen other ex-players.

  7. February 09, 2022

    Ex-NFL Player, Health Plan Fraud 'Ringleader' Gets 5 Years

    A former NFL player was sentenced to five years behind bars Wednesday for operating a scam that defrauded a health care benefit program for retired football athletes out of $2.4 million, federal prosecutors said.

  8. February 03, 2022

    NFL Health Plan Fraud 'Ringleader' Faces Up To 9 Years

    Federal prosecutors are seeking up to nine years in prison for a former NFL player who quarterbacked a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud the league's health plan, saying he deserves the stiffest punishment among more than a dozen ex-players charged in the case.

  9. January 20, 2022

    Ex-NFLer Gets 1 Year In Prison For $3.9M Health Plan Fraud

    Retired National Football League wide receiver Tamarick Vanover was sentenced in Kentucky federal court Thursday to a year in prison for his role in a $3.9 million scheme to defraud a league health plan, according to the former player's lawyer.

  10. January 14, 2022

    Ex-NFLer Deserves 2 Years For $3.9M Benefits Plot, Feds Say

    Prosecutors told a Kentucky federal judge Thursday that retired National Football League wide receiver Tamarick Vanover should spend roughly two years in prison for his role in a scheme to pilfer $3.9 million from a league health plan.