Fraudster of the Week -- Former Football Player Monty Grow
Posted 02/9/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
On Monday, a federal jury in Miami unanimously convicted Monty Grow of running a compound pharmaceutical drug conspiracy that bilked $20 million from TRICARE, a healthcare program for military members and their families. Grow was a star linebacker at the University of Florida in the early 1990s and spent two seasons as a cornerback in the NFL.
Prosecutors accused Grow of...
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