Monty Grow arrested on Federal charges - loses appeal

[BMF]

This guy is unbelievable. Anyone remember his arrest a few years ago for leaving a kid in the car while he was at a strip club? He's been making some serious money the last few years (apparently all illegal):

http://www.news4jax.com/news/former-jaguar-indicted-on-fraud-money-laundering-charges

A former Florida Gators and Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker is facing federal charges of defrauding the United States government and taxpayers, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

Monty Ray Grow, 45, was indicted with conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and to pay and receive health care kickbacks, money laundering and causing the misbranding of drugs while held for sale.

Grow, who lives in Tampa, received about $20 million in kickbacks from a Broward County compounding pharmacy in exchange for recruiting and referring patients covered by Tricare -- a health care insurance program that mainly provides medical coverage for military families -- between September 2014 and June 2015, according to the indictment.

Grow played for the University of Florida in the early 1990s and played four games for the Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 1995.

 

[Gator Fever]

He has always been a little shady from what I heard. I guess he wasn't smart enough to not leave an official trail to the fraud like our Governor.

 

[MertzJay26]

Bottom line: he made a choice

 

[divits]

He'll blame it all on the 'roids.

 

[GatorJ]

You know what? This is one of the reasons why telemedicine can be shady. It has its benefits but it can be grossly abused.

 

[soflagator]

This guy is unbelievable. Anyone remember his arrest a few years ago for leaving a kid in the car while he was at a strip club? He's been making some serious money the last few years (apparently all illegal).

It was the right move. No need for kids to be exposed to strippers at such an early age. Just good parenting.

 

[BMF]

It was the right move. No need for kids to be exposed to strippers at such an early age. Just good parenting.

It wasn't even his kid!!!! True story!

 

[AugustaGator]

He'll blame it all on the 'roids.

Head injuries.

 

[TheDouglas78]

It was the right move. No need for kids to be exposed to strippers at such an early age. Just good parenting.

Every day I pass that Strip Club on the way to work, that is what I think about.

 

[GatorJ]

Every day I enter that Strip Club for work, that is what I think about.

FIFY

 

[TheDouglas78]

FIFY

You're my best customer... which is sad.

 

[InstiGATOR1]

Monty Ray Grow, 45, was indicted with conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and to pay and receive health care kickbacks, money laundering and causing the misbranding of drugs while held for sale.

Grow, who lives in Tampa, received about $20 million in kickbacks from a Broward County compounding pharmacy in exchange for recruiting and referring patients covered by Tricare -- a health care insurance program that mainly provides medical coverage for military families -- between September 2014 and June 2015, according to the indictment.

This is interesting wording here. It sounds like Grow received money from a private company. Now the government is claiming he defrauded the government and tax payers. If I were on the jury, I would need to see either a payment to him from the Treasury or evidence that he coached people to get benefits they were not eligible for.

Given the current over reach of federal prosecutors, I start out as a skeptic here.

 

[GatorJ]

This is interesting wording here. It sounds like Grow received money from a private company. Now the government is claiming he defrauded the government and tax payers. If I were on the jury, I would need to see either a payment to him from the Treasury or evidence that he coached people to get benefits they were not eligible for.

Given the current over reach of federal prosecutors, I start out as a skeptic here.

If he was paying doctors to write prescriptions for telemedicine, then that violates anti-kickback. The violates federal law.

 

[ThreatMatrix]

We need more Monty Grows. Great player!

 

[Thick&ThinG8r]

I was never a big Monty Grow fan it wasn't until Teako Brown and lawrence Wright took over as our starting safeties that we took that next step to greatness.

 

[Maxxodd]

I still remember the hit he put on the West Virginia QB in the '94 Sugar Bowl. It knocked their QB out of the game and their spirit was crushed. It was beat down city after that.

 

[Gator2222]

You gotta watch the video until after the 1:45 mark. The West Virginia QB tries to run a play with his chin strap attached to the top of his helmet and hanging down across his face. LOL

 

[Gator2222]

Back in 1991 Monty Grow was suspended for a season for PED. He claimed it was in a supplement he bought at a nutrition store and he didn't know it was illegal.

That story sounds familiar.

 

[ufgator812]

You gotta watch the video until after the 1:45 mark. The West Virginia QB tries to run a play with his chin strap attached to the top of his helmet and hanging down across his face. LOL

That was an awesome trip. I miss those days...

 

[BMF]

He just got 22 years!! Oooooooooooof!!!

This ex-football star was accused of healthcare fraud. Now he'll spend 22 years in prison


http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article208985359.html