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Home/Legal & Regulatory and Reimbursement/Ortho Supplier Sentenced to 16 years, Fined $111 Million
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Ortho Supplier Sentenced to 16 years, Fined $111 Million

May 28, 2026 1 min read Premium comments

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Ortho Supplier Sentenced to 16 years, Fined $111 Million
Joel Rufus French / Courtesy of Supertalk
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Former Green Bay Packer and Seattle Seahawk tight-end and two-time unanimous All-American football player for the Ole Miss Rebels, Joel Rufus French, 47, of Armory, Mississippi, was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay a massive fine for, apparently, running a fraudulent orthopedic bracing scheme. 

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