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Former Seahawks tight end convicted in $200m healthcare fraud scheme

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Kevin Kinsella

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Joel Rufus French pressured elderly Americans to provide their personal and health insurance information and accept unnecessary orthotic braces.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the conviction of the owner of a marketing company and former NFL tight end for his role in a $200m scheme to scam Medicare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA).

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