Former Pro Bowl running back Clinton Portis is among a group of 10 ex-NFL players charged with defrauding the league's health care program for its retirees, according to an indictment unsealed on Thursday.
The group of former players has been charged in the Eastern District of Kentucky for submitting false and fraudulent health care claims to be reimbursed for medical equipment that was never purchased. The medical equipment described on the claims included "hyperbaric oxygen chambers, cryotherapy machines, ultrasound machines designed for use by a doctor's office to conduct women's health examinations and electromagnetic therapy devices designed for use on horses.