Former Tennessee Titans defensive lineman Antwan Odom is one of six former NFL players who have been charged with fraud in a superseding indictment for their alleged roles in “a nationwide fraud on a health care benefit program for retired NFL players.”
According to a statement released by the Justice Department, Odom, along with Clinton Portis, Darrell Reid, Tamarick Vanover, Anthony Montgomery and Robert McCune, were all charged with “one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud.”
Odom, Reid, Montgomery and Portis also received additional charges in the indictment, including one count of wire fraud and one count of health care fraud, per the release.
Darrell Reid, 38, of Farmingdale New Jersey, Antwan Odom, 38, of Irvington, Alabama, Anthony Montgomery, 36, of Cleveland, Ohio, Clinton Portis, 38, of Fort Mill, South Carolina, Tamarick Vanover, 46, of Tallahassee, Florida, and Robert McCune, 41, of Riverdale, Georgia, were charged in the superseding indictment. Each of the defendants was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud. Reid, Odom, Montgomery, and Portis were also each charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of health care fraud. Vanover was also charged with two counts of wire fraud and two counts of health care fraud. And McCune was also charged with 10 counts of wire fraud, 12 counts of health care fraud, and three counts of aggravated identity theft.
Odom was a second-round pick (No. 57 overall) of the Titans in the 2004 NFL Draft and played in Tennessee for four seasons before moving on after the 2007 campaign. He also spent three years with the Cincinnati Bengals.
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