The former N.F.L. star Plaxico Burress has been indicted on charges he failed to pay taxes, New Jersey prosecutors announced Thursday.
Burress, a 37-year-old former wide receiver with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Giants and the Jets, was charged last week with willful failure to pay a state tax and issuing a bad check or electronic funds transfer.
Burress is the first person in the state to be charged under a law adopted and signed last year that makes issuing a bad electronic funds transfer a criminal offense just like passing a bad check.
Each offense could carry up to a five-year prison term if he is convicted.